Family Play Festival Five Practices: SING

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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Book cover for Music is in everything.
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2024 Shortlist
Description:
A picture book based on Ziggy Marley's popular song celebrating music's many forms, from the sounds of ocean waves to laughter in the family kitchen, from a loved one's laughter to the "river's latest tune," Marley reminds children everywhere that you don't need an instrument to create a beautiful song. Music is in Everything is a sweet and uplifting ode to the power and beauty of song.
Book cover for Still this love goes on.
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2023 Winner
Description:
"A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Julie Flett celebrates seasons, nature, and community. Based on Academy Award-winning Cree icon Buffy Sainte-Marie's song of the same name, Still This Love Goes On is a stunning celebration of Indigenous experience. Breathtaking illustrations from celebrated Cree-Métis artist Julie Flett combine with Sainte-Marie's vivid lyrics to craft a remarkable piece...
Book cover for Welcome to the cypher.
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2023 Shortlist
Description:
"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...
Book cover for Song in the city.
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2023 Shortlist
Description:
A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city...together.
Book cover for Jazz for lunch!.
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2022 Shortlist
Description:
Come on in, sit right down! 'Cuz Auntie Nina and her nephew are cooking up a symphony of food and sounds. The lip-smacking smells and be-bopping tunes might just get the whole neighborhood shimmying over to join in. From Nat King Cole Slaw to Art Tatum Tots to Billie Hollandaise Sauce, get ready for some foot-stomping, finger-licking, booty-shaking, mouth-watering fun!
Book cover for Venetian lullaby.
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2022 Shortlist
Description:
A father sings his baby off to sleep as a gondoliera steers them through the canals of Venice, Italy.
Book cover for Spunky little monkey.
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2018 Shortlist
Description:
Little monkey will not get out of bed, so the doctor prescribes some exercise, and monkey learns to dance.
Book cover for Salsa lullaby.
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2020 Shortlist
Description:
"Parents put their young child to sleep with the help of some music and dancing."--
Book cover for Red house, tree house, little bitty brown mouse.
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2020 Winner
Description:
In this rhyming story, a young mouse makes her way around the world, introducing colors.
Book cover for Nighttime symphony.
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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 Music class today!.
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2016 Shortlist
Description:
A group of toddlers enjoys a lively music class including, at last, one very shy two-year-old boy.
Book cover for Mother Goose's pajama party.
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2016 Shortlist
Description:
Mother Goose throws a pajama party for all her nursery rhyme friends.
Book cover for Groovy Joe.
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Groovy Joe volume 1.
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2017 Shortlist
Description:
Groovy Joe is a fun-loving dog with a tub full of ice cream--which he shares with his unexpected dinosaur guests.
Book cover for Bumpety, dunkety, thumpety-thump!.
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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.
Book cover for Baby dance.
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Silver Bell
Description:
A rhythmic poem by a nineteenth-century poet celebrates a parent's loving toss and twirl of a baby.