Our Childrens Songs

What hopes do you have for the future? Who do you long to become? This warm, inspiring book encourages boys to shape a world so much gentler and brighter than before. Playful rhymes and tender illustrations invite them to notice nature, embrace their emotions, and use wise words as their weapons. Whether they’re dynamic dazzlers or marvelous mud sculptors, this book is an opportunity to imagine all the incredible adventures up ahead. A perfect gift for baby showers, graduations, and other celebrations, Songs for Our Sons is a book boys will treasure throughout their lives.

Since the meeting of the first Primary, poets and composers have shared their talents to create songs for Latter-day Saint children. This impressive volume about the making of the Children's Songbook includes a variety of sources and stories not available to the public. Discover the miracles and memories behind the songs you love in this valuable and inspiring book.

Excerpt from Our Children's Songs: With Illustrations Where thoughts are Singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run. In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine, In your thoughts the brooklet's flow, But in mine is the wind of Autumn And the first fall of the snow. Ah! What would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us, Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This fun collection of over 60 children's favorites includes: Be Our Guest * Dance Little Bird (The Chicken Dance) * The Grouch Song * Hakuna Matata * Hush, Little Baby * The Muppet Show Theme * Sesame Street Theme * Tomorrow * Winnie the Pooh * You've Got a Friend in Me * more.

" So many of these 16 songs happened just as their respective titles suggest. For instance, While suggesting or trying to convince our children that it was time to take a bath or shower ""Now,"" it became the title of fun and playfulness to entice them to ""Let's Go TAke a Bath Now . . . ."" The same with brushing teeth ""Every Morning, Every Night."" So many of these songs originated spontaneously on the spot and spur of the moment and then evolved over time and with repetition into the words and phrasing they are today. Many times one child or another would begin to sing and repeat or request a centain phrase or story or melody and we would sing it or play it over and over and then modulate it and link it into one of the other songs from another day, or simply sing it over and over 10 or fifteen times in a row. Many times that would reveal still another little melody or phrase and even another little ""hidden"" new song would be born. The teaching songs and cadences and pacing of the measuremnt and label songs, as well as the ""Numbers & Days of the Week,"" and ""The Months of the Year,"" were created to play into our children's absorption of knowledge of everyday facts for their futures, lasting a lifetime and one day teaching their own children and grandchildren and influencing many others who would teach others, who would teach others, etc., etc., and always be fun and catchy and energetic and develop children in many ways. We all continue to enjoy so much happiness from these words and melodies and paintings and continue to share them and teach them to develop singing and rythym and joy, vocabulary and learning, positive attitudes and love, confidence, and we especially hope that these songs will become a blessing to you and yours as well. Enjoy !: )"