Family Play Festival Five Practices: SING

"Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn't feel like he belongs. Nikosis cries every time his mother leaves him in the unfamiliar environment until, one day, she and the teachers use drums to help Nikosis find connection and comfort. Inspired by her son's experience--and her family's love of powwow music and dance--Indigenous educator...

Celebrates the comfort and confidence a mother's voice brings to her child.

A child and caring adult share their musical love in this bedtime lullaby-along. Includes background information about Motown legends.

"Words burn bright in this joyful celebration of rap, creativity, and self-expression. "Welcome to the cypher! Now huddle up nice and snug. You feel that circle around you? Well, that's a hip hop hug!" Starting with beatboxes and fingersnaps, an exuberant narrator introduces kids in his community to the powerful possibilities of rap, from turning "a simple phrase/into imagery that soars" to proclaiming, "this is a voice that represents me!" As Khodi...

"This truck-themed picture book offers a charming new spin on the classic lullaby "Hush, Litle Baby," following a mother and child as they imagine taking the wheel of various vehicles, from a bulldozer to a front-end loader to a giant crane."--

When Bear finds a ukulele in the woods, he is inspired to write his own song, but only his best friend Mouse appreciates his endeavor, in this delightful picture book companion to King Mouse.

Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.

A father sings his baby off to sleep as a gondoliera steers them through the canals of Venice, Italy.

A boy who enjoys music and fun at his grandparents' homes ends the quiet in his own by persuading his grandfathers, who immigrated from different countries, to get out their accordions and play. Includes author's note about his own immigrant grandparents.

"Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with...