Tales and Tunes:
Oral Language Experiences in the Primary Classroom

Presentation for 11th Annual
Conference on Literature and Literacy
for Children and Adolescents

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
8 March 2003

Karen Fields, Teacher-Music Specialist, Cavett Elementary
and Judi Moreillon, Teacher-Librarian/Storyteller

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Stories Shared:
Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies by Harriet Peck Taylor. 1995. ISBN: 0-02-788846-0.
Don't Wake Up Mama! by Eileen Christelow. 1992. ISBN: 0395601762.
If You're Happy and You Know It! by Jan Omerod. Illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner. 2002. ISBN: 1-932065-07-5.
Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth. Illustrated by Stephen Gammel. 1992. ISBN: 0805014012.
Too Much Talk by Angela Shelf Medaris. 1995. ISBN: 0-613-08925-1.
The Turnip: An Old Russian Folktale illustrated by Pierr Morgan. 1990. ISBN: 0-399-22229-4.
Water Dance by Thomas Locker. 1997. ISBN: 0-15-201284-2.

Other Simple Cumulative Tales - Selected by Judi Moreillon:
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. 1968. ISBN: 0027354709.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. Illustrated by Megan Lloyd. 1986. ISBN: 0-690-04584-0.
Mariposa, Mariposa by Joe Hayes. Illustrated by Lucy Jenlinek. 1988. ISBN: 0-939729-08-3.
Millions of Cats by Wanda Ga'g. 1977 (1928). ISBN: 0399233156.
The Napping House by Audrey Wood. Illustrated by Don Wood. 1984. ISBN: 0-15-256708-9.
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern. Illustrated by Simms Taback. 1967. Scholastic.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. 1989. ISBN: 068950476.

Musical Books - Selected by Karen Fields:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault and Bill Martin. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. 1991. ISBN: 0-671-784894-7.
Crocodile Beat by Gail Jorgensen. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. 1994. ISBN: 0-689-71881-0.
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming. 1995. ISBN: 0-8050-3941-4.
Possum Come a-Knockin' by Nancy Van Laan. Illustrated by George Booth. 1992. ISBN: 0-679-83468-0.
The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Bernard Westcott. 1990. ISBN: 0316931357.
Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme by Mary Ann Hoberman. Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. 1998. ISBN: 0-316-93118-7.
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman. Illustrated by Michael Emberly. 2001. ISBN: 0-316-36350-2.
Mortimer by Robert Munsch. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko. 1998. ISBN: 0-920303-11-0.
Lizard's Song by George Shannon. (In Spanish: La Cancion Del Largarto). Illustrated by Ariane Dewey and Jose Aruego. 1992. ISBN: 0-688-11516-0 (In Spanish: 0-688-13201-4).
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson. Illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner. 1997. ISBN: 0-439-10667-2.
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. 1992. ISBN: 0-590-61730-3.
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger. Illustrated by Michael Hays. 1994. ISBN: 0-689-71801-1.
Charlie Parker Played Bebop by Chris Raschka (a book and cassette set). 2000. ISBN: 0-874-99670-8.
Over the River and Through the Woods by Lydia Marie Child. Illustrated by David Catrow. 1999. ISBN: 0-805-03825-6.
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeannette Winter. 1992. ISBN: 0394896947.

Suggestion Contributed by Jennifer McMahon:
The Jazz Fly
by Matthew Gollub (matthewgollub.com). Illustrated by Karen Hanke. 2000. ISBN: 1-88991017-1.
(Great choice to accompany Charlie Parker Played Bebop - above.)

 

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