Library Songs
Sing this song to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat":
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on the notes to hear
Mrs. Reed's 4th grade class sing this song:
Read, read, read a book
Travel anywhere,
Worldwide, you decide,
A book will take you there.
Read, read, read a book,
Beginning to the end,
What a way to spend the day,
A book's a special friend!
(Source unknown--if you wrote it, please let me know so I can give you credit!)
This one is to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell" and teaches some library terms:
Click
on the notes to hear Mrs. Hyde's 3rd grade class sing this song:
The author writes the book, the author writes the
book,
Hi ho librario, the author writes the book.
The illustrator draws, the illustrator draws,
Hi ho librario, the illustrator draws.
The publisher puts it together, the publisher puts
it together,
Hi ho librario, the publisher puts it together.
The copyright tells us when they made the book and
then, (Words by Jane Scherer, c1982; published in Judy Freeman's Hi Ho Librario:
Hi ho librario, we'll sing it once again!
Click
on the notes to hear Mr. Williams' 3rd grade class sing this song:
I Love Books
I
love books, and they love me,
I get them free at the library.
Read them once, read them twice,
Library books are oh, so nice!
(From Library Songs, Blue Ocean Books Productions, c2005)
Sing to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean":
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on the notes to hear Mrs. Horowitz sing this song:
I'll borrow a book from the library
I'll borrow a book for a week.
I'll borrow a book and I'll read it,
Then I'll bring it right back the next week.
Bring back, bring back,
I'll bring back my library book next week.
Bring back, bring back,
I'll bring back my library book.
(Not
sure of the author--this came from LM_NET and was forwarded to KYLMS, the
Kentucky Library Media Specialist listserv. )
Sing to the tune of "She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain":
If you want to read non-fiction, look this way! (Point
to the non-fiction section)
If you want to read non-fiction, look this way!
If you need some information, turn your head to this location.
If you want to read non-fiction, look this way!
If you want to read a story, look this way! (Point
to the fiction section)
If you want to read a story, look this way!
If you want a work of fiction, turn your head to this location.
If you want to read a story, look this way!
(Again,
I'm not sure of the author. This was in an email from the KYLMS listserv)
Sing to the tune of "YMCA":
Here
at…here at our great school
We say reading…reading is super cool,
And we love it…found how fun it can be
When we go to the library
Find
one…find a book just for you
This will be more…fun than you ever knew.
You’ll be reading…never putting it down.
It’s the hottest thing in our town.
We
grab our books and we just R-E-A-D
Our favorite thing here is to R-E-A-D.
Beverly Cleary is neat
Eric Carle can’t be beat
There’s an author out there for you.
We
really love it when we R-E-A-D
It’s really fun when we just R-E-A-D
You can be a success
You’ll do great on your tests
There is nothing that you can’t do.
(Original
source: http://www.teachingheart.net/ymcaread.html.
I changed the last stanza, and omitted another.)
