John Langstaff

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1) Over in the Meadow

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"Numbers for knee highs couldn't be more fun. . . ."--Kirkus Reviews John Langstaff's endearing version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life.

2) Frog Went a-Courtin'

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Langstaff, John

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Winner of the 1956 Caldecott Medal. "A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky somehow manages to combine quaintness with sophistication and his doughty frog, the coy mouse . . . and others make charming company."-The New York Times Book Review

3) Frog went a-courtin'

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Langstaff, John M

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Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

4) Over in the meadow

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Langstaff, John M

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Poetry for Little Ones

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A presentation of an old counting rhyme about meadow animals and their activities.

5) On Christmas Day in the morning: a traditional carol

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Illustrated verses for this traditional English folk song present different animals tending to their crops and harvesting them for a Christmas feast.

6) Make music!: a kid's guide to creating rhythm, playing with sound, and conducting and composing music

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Haynes, Norma Jean

7) Sing-along stories

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All the colors of the earth: Reveals in verse that despite outward differences, children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable. Foolish frog: A dramatization of Charles L. Seeger's and Pete Seeger's song of the same title in which a foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him. Over in the meadow: Counting song in which flowers and grasses, animals and insects, mothers and their young provide...