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Stories to Sing About

Picture books based on favourite songs are a great way to add a bit of music to your storytime!

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  • The sounds of the farm animals create a lively beat that keep Farmer Sue, the chicks, sheep, and other farm animals awake.
    Board Book, 2011New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. — C
  • Baby Shark

    Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

    Bajet, John John,
    Baby Shark has become well-known and well-loved by teachers, parents, and children everywhere.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2018. — B
  • Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks.
    Book, 1994San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994. — BAK
  • In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
    Book, 2005Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2005. — BEA
  • Celebrate Easter with bunnies, egg hunts and a joyful, familiar rhyme. Join a crew of bunnies for an adorable Easter egg hunt! Sing along with the much-loved rhyme, If You're Happy and You Know It, adapted for Easter by the Queen of Cute, Alison…
    Book, 2025London : Farshore, 2025. — B
  • Deep in the den, ten sleepy, cuddly animals snuggle up together for the night. But as the animal friends roll over to make more room, one animal after another gently tumbles out!
    Book, 2005Atlanta Peachtree Publishers, 2005. — B
  • In this expansion of a familiar song, the occupants of a rowboat enjoy seeing and making the sounds of different jungle animals. This author has TONS of fantastic sing-a-long stories. Don't miss her versions of: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Old…
    Book, 2014New York : Holiday House, 2014. — C
  • Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another.
    Book, 2011Boston, MA : Clarion Books, 2011. — E CHR
  • Illustrates the traditional children's song about a farmer whose livestock has taken over the house.
    Book, 2007Swindon : Child's Play, c2007. — C
  • Hickory dickory dock. Pete the Cat went up the clock! The clock struck one. The cat went down. Hickory dickory dock.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper Collins, 2023. — E PET
  • In this twist on the classic poem, a little red car takes a final cruise around town before going to bed, beeping good-night to all his vehicular friends.
    Book, 2017New York : Beach Lane Books, 2017. — DOP
  • Monsters sing their own version of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement.
    Book, 2010New York, NY : Orchard Books, 2010. — EMB
  • One by one, five little ducks wander away from their mother until her lonely quack brings them all waddling back.
    Book, 2006New York : Scholastic, 2006. — 398.8 BAT 2006
  • Each day, Papa Duck goes out with his ducklings but on Monday only four come back, on Tuesday only three, but on Saturday all return when he calls and on Sunday, they stay home and rest.
    Book, 2016New York : Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2016. — FLE
  • An update of the classic folk song, Old MacDonald, featuring farm vehicles like excavator, dump truck, and bulldozer.
    Book, 2016San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC, 2016. — GOE
  • Can you boogie? Down in the Indian jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking and flapping while meeting different jungle creatures.
    Book, 2005Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2005. — E HAR
  • Different aniamls--including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, and more--make their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus.
    Book, 2000New York : Henry Holt, 2000. — HOR
  • A version of the cumulative song "The Green Grass Grew All Around," set in Africa.
    Book, 2012New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. — ISA
  • Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones

    Sung to the Tune of "here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"

    Lendroth, Susan
    Young paleontologists are invited on a fossil dig, set to the tune of Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush. Hike the trail, scan the ground, and make a find--then discover how to build a dinosaur from its bones. Includes song motions and bite-size…
    Book, 2020Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020]. — 567.9 LEN
  • Sing along and count up all the servings as the zoo's Croc eats through one feeding time after another.
    Book, 2021Mission Viejo, CA : Happy Yak, 2021. — PIC JONE