Books To Use With Shakers

 

 

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Baby Rattlesnake by Lynn Moroney (1989) (also available in Spanish) 

 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. (1989)           

 

Dance with Me by Charles Smith (2008)           

 

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Will Hillenbrand (2003) (several other versions available)

 

Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler (2007)  

 

Jingle Jingle by Nicola Smee (2008)

This is a very fun winter book where Duck, Cat, Dog and Pig all go on a sleigh ride adventure. I handed out bells and had the kids shake them whenever we came to the refrain jingle-jingle. I told the parents that shaking the bells is a fun way to emphasize phonological awareness because it helps the kids hear and “feel” the syllables in the words.  

- Maria Lowe

    

Little Britches and the Rattlers by Eric Kimmel (2008)   

 

Mabela the Clever by Margaret Read MacDonald (2000) (use the shakers when singing the refrain "When we are marching…fo feng!" The tune for the refrain is in the beginning of the book.  There's also an idea for playing a Mabela game.)

 

The Popcorn Book by Tomie DePaola (1988) (shakers when the popcorn is popping)

 

Pots and Pans by Patricia Hubbell (1998)

 

Rap a Tap-Tap: here’s Bojangles, think of that! by Leo & Diane Dillon (2002)

 

Rattlesnake Dance by Jim Arnosky (2000) (shakers for the snakes' rattles)

 

Skip to My Lou by Nadine Bernard Westcott (2003)

 

Tanka Tanka Skunk by Steve Webb (2004)                         

 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Iza Trapani (1994) (several other versions available)

 

Yankee Doodle by Mary Ann Hoberman                    

 

 

 

From the Percussion Symphony Storytime:

 

Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom! By Margaret Mahy (1997)   

 

Five Live Bongos by George Ella Lyon (1994)         

 

Hand, Hand, Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins (1969)    

 

Honk! By Chris Demarest (1998) 

 

Jungle Jamboree by KimberlyKnutson (1998) 

 

Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney (1994) 

 

Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest (2004)

 

Rock-a-baby Band by Kate McMullan (2003)   

 

Shake, Shake, Shake by Andrea Davis Pinkney (1997) 

 

Ten Oni Drummers by Matthew Gollub (2000)   

 

Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Asbjornsen (1973)

 

Thump, Thump, rat-a-tat-tat by Gene Baer (1989)