Family Play Festival Five Practices: SING

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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Book cover for Sugar pie lullaby.
Notes:
2024 Shortlist
Description:
A child and caring adult share their musical love in this bedtime lullaby-along. Includes background information about Motown legends.
Book cover for The rice in the pot goes round and round.
Notes:
2022 Shortlist
Description:
Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.
Book cover for ROAR-chestra!.
Notes:
2022 Shortlist
Description:
"The conductor walks onto the stage, and the animal orchestra awaits his cue. ALLEGRO! Quickly, swiftly--race, run, fly! ADAGIO! Slowly, smoothly--a steady pace. STACCATO! Popping, hopping, bouncing, bounding. The animals move and dance and bend to the music--racing and gliding and twirling--until the final soft chords...PIANISSIMO! Quietly, softly--sleep, dream... This energetic and spirited interpretation of the universal musical terms shows the...
Book cover for Here we go digging for dinosaur bones.
Notes:
2021 Winner
Description:
"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 science sidebars. This is a fun and distinctive young dinosaur book."--
Book cover for Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Notes:
2015 Shortlist
Description:
An illustrated version of the popular children's song.
Book cover for Twinkle, twinkle ABC.
Notes:
2018 Shortlist
Description:
A mash up of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and the "Alphabet Song," introduces readers to the alphabet in a whimsical manner designed to entertain them until it is time to sleep.
Book cover for Singing in the rain.
Notes:
2018 Shortlist
Description:
A picture book adaptation of the song Singing in the rain, which celebrates the glory of clouds and rain.
Book cover for Nighttime symphony.
Notes:
2020 Shortlist
Description:
"As a little boy gets ready for bed, the sounds of a wild storm echo around him, lulling him to sleep. From the crash of thunder to the pitter-patter of raindrops to the beat of passing cars, the music of the city creates a cozy bedtime soundtrack"--
Book cover for Jazz baby.
Notes:
Silver Bell
Description:
Baby and his family make some jazzy music.
Book cover for Hey-ho, to Mars we'll go!.
Notes:
2019 Shortlist
Book cover for Elvis Presley's Love me tender.
Notes:
2019 Shortlist
Description:
"Elvis Presley's hit song 'Love Me Tender' is reimagined as an ode to families of all shapes and sizes"--
Book cover for Cock-a-doodle-doo-bop!.
Notes:
2016 Shortlist
Description:
"When Mel the rooster gets tired of his boring old cock-a-doodle-doo he decides to shake things up with something brand new--the cock-a-doodle-doo-bop! But not everyone on the barnyard is a fan of the new tune"--provided by publisher.
Book cover for Bumpety, dunkety, thumpety-thump!.
Notes:
2018 Shortlist
Description:
Illustrations and onomatopoeic text capture a busy day in the life of two young siblings as they pick berries, help make a pie, and "thumpety-thump" their way to bed.