This remarkable collection encompasses three hundred years of Indiana music through printed music and recordings. It includes Indiana folk songs and dance tunes, songs about Indiana, and music by Indiana composers. In addition, it brings history to life with stories of early settlers, games played by Native American and pioneer children, folk dances, poems, and more. Perfect for planning Pioneer Days festivals, thematic units, school programs. book/...

"Storytime! That's all the little barnyard animals need to hear to send them flocking to their librarian, who has some rip-roaring, song-singing, nursery-rhyming, snack-timing fun in store for them! You've never seen a storytime quite like this...and reading has never been such fun!. Set to the tune of 'She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes.'"--Jacket.

Rhyming text and illustrations with die-cut holes describe animals in the jungle getting ready for a dance.

Reinforces steady beat, high/low, fast/slow, and loud/soft with easy-to-follow read and play instrument parts for grades K-5. Beginning readers follow song charts of instrument pictures, while more advanced readers play from musical notation. This ten-song collection features a variety of musical styles from folk and spirituals to blues, reggae, rock and more. Five of these songs also include vocal parts.--