List of Children's Literature
The books listed below are just a few of the selections used by the elementary art and music teachers as catalysts and/or resources for their lessons. The “Suggested Use” column provides a brief explanation of how each book can be used by a classroom teacher for an art or music-related activity.
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| Title | Author | Illustrator | Fine Arts - Concept | Grade | Subject Matter and/or Suggested Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Chair for My Mother | Williams, Vera B. | Williams, Vera B. | Art-3-D | 3-5 | Chairs. Use for art lesson on making chair sculptures out of clay or other 3-D medium |
| A Color of His Own | Lionni, Leo | Lionni, Leo | Art-Collage | K-2 | Animal-chameleon. Collage, camouflaged chameleons |
| A Painter | Florian, Douglas | Florian, Douglas | Art-Inspiration | K-2 | Inspiration. Explains where painters get their ideas for making art |
| A Story, a Story | Haley, Gail | Haley, Gail | Art-Textiles | K-2 | Africa. Adinkra cloth lesson |
| A Symphony for the Sheep | Millen, C. M | Azarian, Mary | Art-Textiles | 3-5 | Wool, from sheep to yarn |
| A Tisket, A Tasket | Fitzgerald, Ella | Eitan, Ora | Music-Jazz | K-2 | African American. Sing the text, use with Ella Fitzgerald recording |
| A-Hunting We Will Go | Kellog, Steven | Kellog, Steven | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | Animals. Rhyming words, replace words in the song |
| Abiyoyo | Seeger, Pete | Hays, Michael | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | South African. Tale of how a man and his son foil a bogey-man. Sing the song |
| Achoo, Bang, Crash | MacDonald, Ross | MacDonald, Ross | Music-Inflection | K-2 | Alphabet. Descriptive sound words |
| Albuquerque Turkey | Ford, B.G. | McQueen, Lucinda | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | Thanksgiving favorite |
| All the Colors of the Earth | Hamanaka, Sheila | Hamanaka, Sheila | Art-Color | 3-5 | Acknowledging different colors of people while recognizing we're the same underneath. |
| Alley Cat’s Meow | Appelt, Kathi | Goodel, Jon | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animal-Cats. Rhythmic text, writing descriptive words |
| Anansi and the Moss covered Rock | Kimmel, Eric A. | Stevens, Janet | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Africa. Dramatize story, use instrumental sound effects |
| Anansi Does the Impossible | Aardema, Verna | Desimini, Lisa | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Africa-Ashanti. Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God |
| Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti | McDermott, Gerald | McDermott, Gerald | Art-Weaving | K-2 | Africa-Ashanti. Anansi gets in and out of trouble. Use with lesson on weaving |
| Angel Child, Dragon Child | Surat, Michelle Maria | Mai, Vo Dinh | Art-Drawing | 3-5 | Dragons. Use with lessons on drawing dragons |
| Animal Boogie | Harter, Debbie | Harter, Debbie | Dance | K-2 | Animals-jungle. Sing along, move like animals |
| Animal Dreaming | Morin, Paul | Morin, Paul | Art-Folkart | 3-5 | Australia. Myth of creation. Use with lesson on bark dot painting |
| Animalia | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Art-Illustration | 3-5 | Alphabet. Alliterative sentences accompany each letter |
| Animals Should...Not Wear Clothing | Barrett, Judi | Barrett, Ron | Art-Drawing | K-2 | Animals. Drawing animals wearing clothing. Humorous |
| Arrow to the Sun - Pueblo Indian Tale | McDermott, Gerald | McDermott, Gerald | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Native American-Pueblo. Descriptive words |
| Art lesson, The | DePaola, Tomie | DePaola ,Tomie | Art-Inspiration | K-2 | Inspiration. Story about being creative |
| Ashanti to Zulu | Musgrove, Margaret | Dillon, Leo and Diane | Art-Folkart | 3-5 | Alphabet. Use for African shield or mask lessons |
| Bach's Goldberg Variations | Celenza, Anna Harwell | Kitchel, JoAnn E. | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Bach. Story of the composer and the musical work |
| Barn Dance | Martin, Bill Jr. | Rand, Ted | Music-Movement | 3-5 | Fall, scarecrows, square dance |
| Bear Noel | Dunrea, Oliver | Dunrea, Oliver | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Animals-forest. Read the voices of animals with inflection |
| Bear Snores On | Wilson, Karma | Wilson, Karma | Music- rhyme | K-2 | Animals-hibernation |
| Bebop Express | Panahi, H.L., | Johnson, Steve & Fancher, Lou | Music-Movement | 3-5 | Scat sing, and build movement. |
| Berlioz the Bear | Brett, Jan | Brett, Jan | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Animal-bear. Story where animals play instruments |
| Beto and the Bone Dance | Freschet, Gina | Freschet, Gina | Music-Movement | 3-5 | Dia de Los Muertos. Move as suggested by text |
| Between Earth and Sky | Buchac, Joseph | Locker, Thomas | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Native American. Legends of sacred places |
| Borreguita and the Coyote | Aardema, Verna | Mathers, Petra | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Mexico. Lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her |
| Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain | Aardema, Verna | Vidal, Beatriz | Music-Cumulative | K-2 | Africa. Cumulative rhyme |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear | Martin, Bill Jr. | Carle, Eric | Art-Collage | K-2 | Animals. Basic animal shapes, collage with texture and pattern |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear | Martin, Bill Jr. | Carle, Eric | Music-Pattern AB | K-2 | Animals. Sing questions and answers to Twinkle |
| Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book | Baker, Alan | Baker, Alan | Art-Shape | K-2 | Animal-rabbit. Use for lessons on creating shapes |
| Camille and the Sunflowers | Anholt, Laurence | Anholt, Laurence | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Van Gogh. Use with sunflower unit |
| Can You Cuddle Like a Koala? | Butler, John | Butler, John | Drama | K-2 | Animals. Rhyming text describes how various animals move. |
| Can you see the Red Balloon? | Blackstone, Stella | Harter, Debbie | Art-Observation | K-2 | Observation. Pick out objects of different colors in each picture |
| Carnival of the Animals | Lithgow, John | Kulikov, Boris | Music-Timbre | K-2 | Orchestra instruments. well-suited for movement activities |
| Chato’s Kitchen | Soto, Gary | Guevara, Susan | Art-Painting | 3-5 | Animal-cat. Language of the barrio. Painting lessons |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Martin, Bill Jr. | Ehlert, Lois | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Alphabet. Say rhythmic text and keep the beat on instruments |
| Chicka, Chicka, 1-2-3 | Martin, Bill Jr. | Ehlert, Lois | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Counting with rhythmic text |
| Click-Clack, Moo | Cronin, Doreen | Lewin, Betsy | Music-Timbre | K-2 | Instruments. Add sound effects |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Barrett, Ron and Judi | Barrett, Ron and Judi | Art-3-D | 3-5 | Food. Make sculpture of food from clay. |
| Color Zoo | Ehlert, Lois | Ehlert, Lois | Art-Shape | K-2 | Animals-zoo. Shape and color lessons |
| Commotion in the Ocean | Giles, Andreae | Wojtowycz, David | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Ocean. Play instrumental sound effects |
| Corduroy | Freeman, Don | Freeman, Don | Drama | K-2 | Teddy bear is waiting in a store for someone to buy him. |
| Cowboy Charlie | Winter, Jeanette | Winter, Jeanette | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Russel. Story of Charles Russel, cowboy artist |
| Coyote Walks on Two Legs | Hausman, Gerald | Cooper, Floyd | Drama | 3-5 | Native American-Navajo. Legends featuring the coyote. |
| Cricket’s Cage, The | Czernecki, Stefan | Czernecki, Stefan | Art-3-D | 3-5 | China. A cricket helps an architect. Use with lesson on toothpick structures |
| Dali and the Path of Dreams | Obiols, Anna | Subirana, Joan | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Surrealism and Salvador Dali |
| Dancing the Ring Shout | Sigelson, Kim | Cohen, Lisa | Music-Movement | 3-5 | Circle Dance, Dancing the Ring Shout! |
| Day of the Dead | Johnston, Tony | Winter, Jeanette | Art-Folkart | 3-5 | Dia de los Muertos. Various art projects |
| Deep Blue Sea, The | Wood, Audrey | Wood, Bruce | Art-Color | K-2 | Sea. Colors on an island in the sea. |
| Degas and the Little Dancer | Anholt, Laurence | Anholt, Laurence | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Degas. Story about Edgar Degas, painter of ballerinas |
| Dem Bones | Barner, Bob | Barner, Bob | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | African American spiritual. Name the bones |
| Desert Song | Johnston, Tony | Young, Ed | Dance | 3-5 | Desert. Move to match phrases from the story |
| Diego | Winter, Jeanette | Winter, Jeanette | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Rivera. Story of Diego Rivera |
| Discovery of Dragons, The | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Art-Drawing | 3-5 | Dragons. Use with lesson on drawing dragons |
| Don't Worry Be Happy | McFerrin, Bobby | Calder, Alexander | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Mobile art by Alexander Calder, song by Bobby McFerrin |
| Dot, The | Reynolds, Peter | Reynolds, Peter | Art-Inspiration | K-2 | Inspiration. Intro to art lesson |
| Dragons, Dragons | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Art-Drawing | 3-5 | Dragons. Use with lesson on drawing dragons |
| Drummer Hoff | Emberly, Barbara | Emberly,Ed | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Rhythmic text. Read in rhythm, keeping a steady beat with instruments |
| E is for Enchantment | James, Helen Foster | Twinem, Neecy | Art-Landscape | 3-5 | Alphabet. New Mexico topics and scenery |
| Earth Dance | Ryder, Joanne | Gorbaty, Norman | Dance | 3-5 | Ecology. Dance slowly, spin gently |
| Eating the Alphabet | Ehlert, Lois | Ehlert, Lois | Art-Color | K-2 | Alphabet. Fruits and vegetables from A to Z |
| Eggbert the slightly cracked egg | Ross, Tom | Barron, Rex | Art-Painting | K-2 | Painting. A cracked egg with a talent for painting |
| Ella Fitzgerald, Tale of a Vocal Virtuoso | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | Pinkney, Brian | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz, and scat singing |
| Emma’s Rug | Say, Allen | Say, Allen | Art-Inspiration | 3-5 | Creativity comes from within, not from an object |
| Fables from Aesop | Aesop (Lynch, Tom) | Lynch, Tom | Drama | 3-5 | Aesop. Familiar short moral tales |
| Farewell Symphony, The | Celenza, Anna Harwell | Kitchel, JoAnn E. | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Haydn. Story of the composer and the musical work |
| First Starry Night, The | Isom, Joan Shaddox | Isom, Joan S | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Van Gogh. A fictional account of VanGogh’s stay in Arles |
| Fish Eyes | Ehlert, Lois | Ehlert, Lois | Art-3-D | K-2 | Animal-fish. Use with lesson with making 3-D fish with plaster fabric |
| Flying Feet: a Mud Flat story | Stevenson, Jame | Stevenson, Jame | Dance | 3-5 | Stanley and the other animals of Mud Flat take dance lessons |
| Flying Feet: a story of Irish dance | Burgard, Anna Marlis | Burgard, Anna M | Dance | 3-5 | Irish. Two master dancers compete |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd | Winter, Jeanette | Winter, Jeanette | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | African American. Slaves travel North using stars. Sing the song, dramatize story. |
| Fool and the Fish, The | Afanasyev, Alexander | Spirin, Gennady | Drama | K-2 | Russia. Lazy fool catches enchanted fish which promises him wishes |
| Frida | Winter, Jonah | Juan, Ana | Art-Portraits | K-2 | Bio-Frida. Frida Kahlo and her self-portraits |
| From Head to Toe | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Dance | K-2 | Animals. Non-locomotor movement. Make shapes like animals. |
| Gathering the Sun | Flor Ada, Alma | Silva, Simon | Art-Color | 3-5 | Alphabet. About Cesar Chavez, in Spanish and English |
| Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue | Celenza, Anna Harwell | Kitchel, JoAnn E. | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Gershwin. Story of the composer and the musical work |
| Giant Steps | Raschka, Chris | Raschka, Chris | Music-Jazz | 3-5 | Bio-Coltrane. Jazz music of John Coltrane |
| Giraffes Can’t Dance | Giles, Andreae | Parker-Rees, Guy | Music-Movement | K-2 | Animals-jungle. Move in different types of dancing |
| Goat in the Rug, The | Blood, Charles L. | Parker, Nancy | Art-Textiles | 3-5 | Native American-Navajo. Story of weaving. |
| Good Griselle | Yolen, Jane | Christiana, David | Art-Drawing | 3-5 | Gargoyles. Story of a widow who lives near Notre Dame cathedral |
| Gray Rabbit's 123 | Baker, Alan | Baker, Alan | Art-Shape | K-2 | Animal-rabbit.Use for lessons on creating shapes |
| Hailstones and Halibut Bones | O’Neill, Mary | Wallner, John | Art-Color | 3-5 | Poetry dealing with colors |
| Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb | Perkins, Al | Gurney, Eric | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Rhythmic text. Read in rhythm, keeping a steady beat with instruments |
| Hear, hear, Mr. Shakespeare | Koscieniak, Bruce | Koscieniak, Bruce | Drama | 3-5 | Shakespeare-Stories, illustrations, selections from the plays |
| Hello Red Fox | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Art-Color | K-2 | Animals. Complementary colors, creation of the color wheel |
| Heroic Symphony, The | Celenza, Anna Harwell | Kitchel, JoAnn E. | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Beethoven. Story of the composer and the musical work |
| How Are You Peeling | Freymann, Saxton | Freymann, Saxton | Art-Inspiration | K-2 | Food. Vegetable photos, moods and emotions on “faces” |
| How Stars Fell Into the Sky | Dughton, Derri | Desisimi, Lisa | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Native American-Navajo. First Woman tries to write the laws using stars in the sky |
| Hush Little Baby | Pinkney, Brian | Pinkney, Brian | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text |
| I know a shy Fellow who Swallowed a Cello | Garriel, Barbara | O'Brien, John | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Instruments. Intro to instruments of the orchestra |
| I know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Pie | Jackson, Alison | Schachner, Judith | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | Thanksgiving variation |
| I See A Song | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Listening | 3-5 | Picture book. Play a Bach partita and look as the pictures fit the music |
| I See The Rhythm | Igus, Tyomi | Wood, Michelle | Music-History | 3-5 | Jazz. History of Jazz |
| Jabuti - trickster tale from the Amazon | McDermott, Gerald | McDermott, Gerald | Music-Folktale | K-2 | South America-Amazon. Use instruments to accompany story |
| Jamberry | Degan, Bruce | Degan, Bruce | Music-Rhythm | 3-5 | Rhythmic text. Use instruments, make up own verses. |
| Jazz Cats | Davis, David R. | Galey, Chuck | Music-Jazz | 3-5 | Jazz. Cats play music in the French Quarter of New Orleans. |
| Jazz Fly, The | Gollub, Matthew | Hanke, Karen | Music-Jazz | K-2 | Jazz. Scat singing |
| Jazzmatazz! | Calmenson, Stephanie | Degen, Bruce | Music-Jazz | K-2 | Jazz. Mouse starts to play jazz music, other animals join in |
| Jingle Dancer | Smith, Cynthis Leitich | Van Wright and Hu | Dance | 3-5 | Native American. Read with steady beat, walk in circle to dramatize story |
| Josefina | Winter, Jeanette | Winter, Jeanette | Art-Texture | 3-5 | Bio-Aguilar. Mexican folk artist Josefina Aguilar. Clay figures and counting. |
| Jump, Frog, Jump | Kalan, Robert | Barton, Byron | Music-Cumulative | K-2 | Cumulative. Play instruments as characters appear |
| Laughing River-folktale for Peace, The | Vega, Elizabeth Haze | Vega, Bobby | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Africa. Use with song Funga Alafia |
| Leaf Man | Ehlert, Lois | Ehlert, Lois | Art-Drawing | K-2 | Fall leaves |
| Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle, The | Blue Eagle, Thomas | Blue Eagle, Thomas | Art-Drawing | 3-5 | Native American ledger drawings; line, shape, horses |
| Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | DePaola, Tomie | DePaola ,Tomie | Art-Painting | 3-5 | Native American. Myth of the Indian Paintbrush flower. Painting. Using art tools |
| Leonardo and the Flying Boy | Anholt, Laurence | Anholt, Laurence | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Da Vinci. Story about Leonardo DaVinci, inventor and artist |
| Linnea in Monet’s Garden | Bjork, Christina | Anderson, Lena | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Monet. Story about Claude Monet, impressionist painter |
| Little Cloud | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Drama | K-2 | Clouds. Dramatize movement of the clouds |
| Little Green | Baker, Keith | Baker, Keith | Art-Line | K-2 | Line. Prompt for drawing a piece of art with abstract line |
| Magic Fan, The | Baker, Keith | Baker, Keith | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Japan |
| Magic Hat | Fox, Mem | Tusa, Tricia | Art-3-D | K-2 | Hats. Use with sculpture lesson making hats |
| Magic of Clay, The | Quan, Adalucia | Quan, Adalucia | Art-Clay | 3-5 | Clay project instructions. |
| Magical Garden of Claude Monet | Anholt, Laurence | Anholt, Laurence | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-Monet. Story about Claude Monet, impressionist painter |
| Mama Don't Allow | Hurd, Thacher | Hurd, Thacher | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | Jazz. Pair with "Oh when the Saints," introduction to jazz |
| Manuelo, the Playing Mantis | Freeman, Don | Freeman, Don | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Animal-Praying Mantis. Making instruments |
| Marianthe's story, Painted Words | Aliki | Aliki | Art-Inspiration | 3-5 | Inspiration. Mari's starting school in a new land. |
| Matthew’s Dream | Lionni, Leo | Lionni, Leo | Art-Line | K-2 | Line. Abstract art |
| Max Found Two Sticks | Pinkney, Brian | Pinkney, Brian | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Found Sounds. Accompany with rhythm patterns. |
| Mixed Up Chameleon, The | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Art-Collage | K-2 | Animal-chameleon. Collage lessons |
| Mole Music | McPhail, David | McPhail, David | Music-Inspiration | 3-5 | Inspiration. Discuss how music can change the world |
| Moonbear's Shadow | Asch, Frank | Asch, Frank | Dance | K-2 | Animal-bear. Dramatize with shadow screen and movement |
| Mortimer | Munsch, Robert | Martchenko, Michael | Music-Inflection | K-2 | Inflection. Students read as a group with vocal inflection |
| Mouse Paint | Walsh, Ellen Stoll | Walsh, Ellen Stoll | Art-Color | K-2 | Animal-mouse. Color mixing lesson |
| Mud Family, The | James, Betsy | Morin, Paul | Art-Clay | 3-5 | Native American-Anasazi. Use with clay lessons. |
| My Chair | James, Betsy | Depalma, Mary N | Art-3-D | K-2 | Chairs. Use for art lesson on making chairs of wire |
| My Favorite Things | Rodgers-Hammerstein | Renee Graef | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | Musical theater. Sing the book |
| My mama sings | Peterson, Jeanne W | Speidel, Sandra | Music-Inspiration | 3-5 | Inspiration. Mama has special old songs for all occasions |
| My Name is Georgia | Winter, Jeannette | Winter, Jeannette | Art-Artist | 3-5 | Bio-O'Keefe. Story about Georgia O’Keefe, New Mexico artist |
| Napping House, The | Wood, Audrey | Wood, Don | Music-Cumulative | 3-5 | Cumulative. Play instruments as characters appear |
| No Mirrors in My Nana's House | Barnwell, Ysaye | Saint James, Synthia | Music-Rhythm | 3-5 | African American. Girl finds the beauty in herself through her Nana's eyes |
| Nuts to You | Ehlert, Lois | Ehlert, Lois | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animal-squirrel. Rhyming story of a squirrel who comes to the window |
| Oh Soldier, Won't You Marry Me? | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text |
| Old Banjo, The | Haseley, Dennis | Gammel, Stephen | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Instruments. Father and Boy find old instruments on their farm |
| Old Chisholm Trail, The - A Cowboy Song | Schanze, Rosalyn | Schanze, Rosalyn | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | Cowboy. Sing the Song |
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text |
| Once Upon MacDonald's Farm | Gammel, Stephen | Gammel, Stephen | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | Animals-zoo. Sing Old MacDonald Had a zoo |
| One Bullfrog | Hausman, Sid | Hausman, Sid | Music-Cumulative | 3-5 | Animals-desert. Counting with SW animals |
| Owl Moon | Yolen, Jane | Yolen, Jane | Art-Texture | 3-5 | Animal-owl. Drawing with texture |
| Painter and the Wild Swans, The | Clément, Claude | Clément, Frederick | Art-Folkart | 3-5 | Japanese calligraphy and painting wild swans |
| Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Dynamics | K-2 | Lullaby. Dramatize going up-down, loud-soft |
| Paperboy, The | Pilkey, Dav | Pilkey, Dav | Art-Painting | 3-5 | Story of early in the morning. Painting. Cool colors |
| Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail | Anholt, Laurence | Anholt, Laurence | Art-Portraits | 3-5 | Bio-Picasso. Portrait lesson |
| Picture Book of Jewish Holidays | Adler, David | Heller, Linda | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | Jewish customs and practices. |
| Pictures at an Exhibition | Celenza, Anna Harwell | Kitchel, JoAnn E. | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Mussorsky. Story of the composer and the musical work |
| Piggies in a Polka | Appelt, Kathi | Pham, LeUyen | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animals-farm. Rhythmic text, writing descriptive words |
| Please, Baby, Please | Lee, Spike and Tonya | Nelson, Kadir | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Rhythmic text. Use rhythm patterns of words with instruments |
| Please, Puppy, Please | Lee, Spike and Tonya | Nelson, Kadir | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Rhythmic text. Use rhythm patterns of words with instruments |
| Possum come a-Knockin' | Van Laan, Nancy | Booth, George | Music-Rhythm | 3-5 | Animal-opossum. Rhythmic text about an annoying opossum in the American South. |
| Prancing, Dancing Lily | Arnold, Marsha Diane | Manders, John | Dance | 3-5 | Animal-cow. Conga line dancing |
| Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles | Dillon, Leo and Diane | Dillon, Leo and Diane | Dance | 3-5 | Bio-Robinson. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson |
| Remarkable Farkle McBride, The | Lithgow, Jonathan | C.F. Payne | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Instruments. Introduction to music instrument families |
| Rooster's Off to See the World | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Cumulative | 3-5 | Animals. Perform with cumulative speech pieces |
| Rumble in the Jungle | Giles, Andreae | Wojtowycz, David | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animals-jungle, Use with instrumental sound effects |
| Senor Don Gato | Manders, John | Manders, John | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Animal-cat. Sing the text about a cat in Spain. |
| Shoo Fly! | Trapani, Iza | Trapani, Iza | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text, replace words |
| Sign of the Seahorse | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Drama | 3-5 | Rhythmic text. A tale of greed and high adventure in two acts. |
| Sing a Song of Sixpence | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | English. Sing the book |
| Singing Snake, The | Czernecki, Stefan | Czernecki, Stefan | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | Australia-aboriginal art. Myth of how didgeridoo was created. |
| Skeleton Hiccups | Cuyler, Margery | Schindler, S.D. | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Halloween. Read rhythmic text and play refrain "Hic, hic, hic" on instruments |
| Song and Dance Man | Ackerman, Karen | Gammell, Stephen | Dance | K-2 | Soft shoe. Grandpa demonstrates old vaudeville act |
| Still-life Stew | Pittman, Helena Clare | Raymond, Victoria | Art-Painting | 3-5 | Painting. Girl grows vegetables, paints them, makes a stew |
| Story of Blue Elk,The | Hausman, Gerald | Rodanas, Kristina | Drama | 3-5 | Native American. Elk helps a mute boy find his voice |
| Straight Line Wonder, The | Fox, Mem | Thomas, Meredith | Art-Line | K-2 | Line. Straight line decides it's time to bend and twirl and jump. |
| Swing Around the Sun | Esvensen, Barbara | Chee, Cheng-Kee | Music-Rhythm | 3-5 | Poems of the seasons |
| Tanka Tanka Skunk | Webb, Steve | Webb, Steve | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animals-jungle. Rhythmic patterns |
| There was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea | Ward, Jennifer | Gray, Steve | Music-Cumulative | K-2 | Animals-desert. Play instruments when characters appear |
| There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Tabak, Simms | Taback, Simms | Music-Cumulative | K-2 | American. Play instruments when characters appear |
| There was an old lady Who Swallowed the Sea | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text |
| They Put on Masks | Baylor, Byrd | Ingram, Jerry | Art-3-D | 3-5 | Native American-Many kinds of masks and their use |
| This house is Made of Mud | Buchanan, Ken | Tracy, Libba | Art-3-D | 3-5 | Native American-Navajo. Life in a hogan |
| This is the House that Jack Built | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Cumulative | K-2 | English. Sing the book |
| This Land is Your Land | Guthrie, Woody | Jakobsen, Kathy | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | American. Sing with book |
| This Old Man | Adams, Pam | Adams, Pam | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American. Sing the text, replace words |
| Three Billy Goats Gruff, The | Finch, Mary | Arenson, Roberta | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Norway. Play instruments as characters appear |
| Thump-Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat | Baer, Gene | Ehlert, Lois | Music-Dynamics | K-2 | Marching band gets louder and closer, then farther away and softer. |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo | Mosel, Arlene | lent, Blair | Music-Folktale | 3-5 | China. Play rhythms on xylophones, use vocal inflection |
| Time for Bed | Fox, Mem | Dyer, Jane | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Lullaby. Rhythmic text and rhyming words |
| To Be a Drum | Coleman, Evylyn | Robinson, Aminah | Music-History | 3-5 | African American. Story about slavery, and hope through drumming |
| Today is Monday | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Folk Music | K-2 | American.Sing a song about the Days of the Week |
| Tuesday | Wiesner. David | Wiesner. David | Music-Listening | 3-5 | Animal-frog. Picture book, play Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyries" |
| Turn! Turn! Turn | Dillon, Leo & Diane | Dillon, Leo & Diane | Music-Folk Music | 3-5 | English. To Everything there is a season |
| Two left feet | Stower, Adam | Stower, Adam | Dance | 3-5 | Dance. Rufus, a monster, has trouble dancing due to his two left feet |
| Very Busy Spider, The | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Pattern AB | K-2 | Animal-spider. Make up a melody and sing the recurring words |
| Very Hungry Caterpillar, The | Carle, Eric | Carle, Eric | Music-Inflection | K-2 | Animal-butterfly. Make paper butterflies, read book, and move to music |
| Voice of the wood, The | Clément, Claude | Clément, Frederick | Music-Timbre | 3-5 | Instruments. Venetian tale about cello created by old instrument maker |
| Water hole, The | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Drama | 3-5 | Ecology. Animals visit a water hole, the water dwindles |
| What Charlie Heard | Gerstein, Mordicai | Gerstein, Mordicai | Music-History | 3-5 | Bio-Ives. Story of the American Composer Charles Ives |
| When clay sings | Baylor, Byrd | Bahti, Tom | Art-Clay | 3-5 | Native American. Customs of prehistoric SW tribes, designs on pottery |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears | Aardema, Verna | Dillon, Leo and Diane | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Africa. Cumulative. Mosquito annoys an iguana and a chain reaction ensues |
| Will's quill, or, How a goose saved Shakespeare | Freeman, Don | Freeman, Don | Drama | 3-5 | Shakespeare for children, excellent period illustrations |
| Wombat Stew | Vaughan, Marcia | Lofts, Pamela | Music-Folktale | K-2 | Australia. Chant ingredients as they are put in the stew |
| Worst Band in the Universe | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Music-Inspiration | 3-5 | Outer space. Sproc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom |
| Zin Zin Zin a Violin | Moss, Lloyd | Priceman,Marjorie | Music-Timbre | K-2 | Instruments. Solo, duet, trio, etc. and instruments of the orchestra |
| Zoo-looking | Fox, Mem | Whitman, Candace | Music-Rhythm | K-2 | Animals-zoo. Father and daughter's trip to the zoo. Sing recurring words. |
