Seeking internat'l children's songbooks

Subject: Seeking internat'l children's song books
From: GUEST,Vintage Martin
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 02:53 PM

Anyone know of any good songbooks that have children's songs from a variety of countries/cultures?

Looking for books that are still in print and available or easy to find as used books.

VM

Subject: RE: Seeking internat'l children's song books
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 03:03 PM

Wee Sing Around the World

Subject: RE: Seeking internat'l children's song books
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 03:10 PM

try Singout! they have books and cassettes and now cds of songs in a variety of themes, including children's songs

Subject: RE: Seeking internat'l children's song books
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 03:26 PM

Hi, Martin - send a postcard or e-mail to World Around Songs and ask for their catalogue. They publish a wide variety of pocket-sized songbooks.

World Around Songs
20 Colberts Creek Road
Burnsville, NC
704-675-5343
e-mail: [e-mail]

Their "International Library" is a collection of 25 different small songbooks for $50.

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Actually, though, you'll find wonderful international songbooks available from the Girl Scouts. Their Sangam GIT / Samgam Songbook is a nice collection of international songs for $10.

Used school music textbooks are another excellent resource. I like the Silver Burdett and the Follett textbooks best.

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The Sing Out! Bookstore is a little confusing to navigate, but it has an amazing collection of folk music books of all sorts. Today is the first time I've seen their new bookstore. It really is interesting. Go to the "browse" option, way at the bottom of the page.

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-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Seeking internat'l children's song books
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:46 PM

Try a google search using "multicultural songbooks for children".

The first hit was www.songsforteaching.com:

Multicultural Song Books
for Children
Folk Music from Around the World


Bridges Across the World: A Multicultural Songfest (With Audio CD)
          Sarah Barchas


Colonial and Revolution Songs With Historical Narration (American History Through Folksong)
          (With 2 Audio CD's) Rusty McNeil, Keith McNeil


'De Colores' and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children and
Diez deditos: 10 Little Fingers & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America
          Jose-Luis Orozco


"Fake Books" from Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
          The Celtic Fake Book
          The Folksong Fake Book: A Collection of over 1000 Folksongs from Around the World
          Gospel's Greatest Fake Book
          The Ultimate Country Fake Book


From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs
          Amy Cohn (Editor)


Hush Songs: African-American Lullabies
          Joyce Carol Thomas


International Folk Songs
          Melody Line, Chords and Lyrics for Keyboard, Guitar, Vocal


Let's Make Music!: Multicultural Songs and Activities: An Interactive Musical Trip
          Around the World -- Jessica Baron Turner, Ronny Susan Schiff


Lullabies Around the World: Multicultural Songs & Activities
          CD/Book   Cassette/Book   -- Sara Jordan


No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
          Doreen Rappaport, Shane W. Evans


Sing 'Round the World, Volume 1 and Sing 'Round the World, Volume 2
          Shirley McRae


Sing Through the Day: Eighty Songs for Children
          Marlys Swinger (Editor), Nancy McKernan (Illustrator), Brenna McKernan (Illustrator)


The Singing Sack: 28 Song-Stories from Around the World
          Helen East (Editor)


Songs from Around the World! (With Audio Cassette)
          Berlitz Kids


Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage
          Bessie Jones, Bess Lomax Hawes


We All Go Together: Creative Activities for Children to Use With Multicultural Folksongs
          Doug Lipman


We All Sing with the Same Voice
          J. Philip Miller, Sheppard M. Greene, Paul Meisel


What a Wonderful World
          Bob Thiele, Ashley Bryan, George David Weiss


The World Sings
          Memphis Orff Teachers


Poetry
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
          Stephen Alcorn, Catherine Clinton


Words With Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art
          Belinda Rochelle




Be sure to see -- and listen to -- our pages on
          Music to Build an Appreciation of Diversity
          Songs in French, Spanish, and Other Languages


See also:
          Bilingual and Spanish Books: Poetry, Rhyme, and Songs for Children