I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs [Hardcover]

Alan Katz (Author), David Catrow (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2003

If you like...

"Wheels on the Bus"

and

"Itsy Bitsy Spider,"

you'll go NUTS for

"The Meals at My Camp"

and

"Tiny Baby Brother"!

Songwriter and comedy writer par excellence Alan Katz has done it again! He's turned fourteen favorite songs upside down and created new nonsense songs kids will love. With hilariously funny pictures by illustrator and cartoonist David Catrow, this new collection promises giggles, guffaws, and hours of silly dillyness for kids everywhere!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you fear you might go on a rampage if you hear the lyrics to "Wheels on the Bus" even one more time, take heart: These reimagined, "silly dilly" lyrics can breathe new life into kid favorites like "Wheels," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," and even "Bingo."

Just as they did with Take Me Out of the Bathtub, Alan Katz and David Catrow lampoon the classics with rowdy humor and fun-to-sing rhymes. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"? Nope. Try "He's Got the Whole Beach in His Pants." "Frere Jacques" becomes "I'm a menace" and you can forget about old McDonald and his farm--that tune now tells the story of "My friend Donald's catfish parm."

Katz wisely keeps the lyrics from straying too far into bathroom territory, keeping the fun both palatable and genuinely funny, and illustrator Catrow (Plantzilla, Santa Claustrophobia) again proves an indispensable member of the team, with wry details and memorable characters. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5-As a follow-up to Take Me Out of the Bathtub (McElderry, 2001), Katz packs the same child-appealing humor into sadly sloppy lyrics that don't scan with the well-known tunes he has tried to fit them to, and which go on far too long. "I Always Lose" (to the tune of "Skip to My Lou") starts with the loss of a parka, backpack, and tuba, and continues, "Turned around, lunch box was gone/Could've sworn I had a hat on/There's no sign of baby bro Ron/He's a pain, but he's darling." "No Medication" (to the tune of "Down by the Station") does what most kids dream of doing: "No medication/Don't care what the doc says/Won't put that stuff in my belly/Tastes bad, you know/Mom sticks it in ice cream/Thinks that she can fool me/I flick it out the window/Look out below!" Unfortunately, the lyrics are even more awkward and less funny when read aloud instead of sung. Catrow's over-the-top, zany, mixed-media cartoons may pull readers into this collection that promises fun, but only delivers frustration.
Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689845510
• ISBN-13: 978-0689845512
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #70 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Humorous

More About the Author

Alan Katz has written many books for children and adults, including the award-winning songbooks Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs and I'm Still Here in the Bathtub, Where Did They Hide My Presents?, Are You Quite Polite?, Elfis, and Stinky Thinking. He has also written family humor and puzzles for publications including Rosie Magazine, The New York Times and the New York Daily News. He will have a whole bunch of new titles released in 2007, including Don't Say That Word!, Hairy Henry, and the trivia series That's Right, That's Wrong!

Alan is also a writer-producer with extensive television credits. He was recently a producer on The Tony Danza Show, and created and executive produced a reality show pilot ('Til Monday Do Us Part) for Oxygen Network He also co-executive produced Apparently Speaking and wrote Oh Baby, You're on TV! for Oh!Baby, Oxygen's video-on-demand network. In 2006, Alan created and wrote a series of Dove webisodes starring Felicity Huffman and directed by Penny Marshall.

Alan was also a five-time Emmy nominee for his writing for The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and he contributed songs and comedy material to shows and specials such as The 1999 and 2000 Grammy Awards, The 1998 and 2000 Tony Awards, ABC's A Rosie Christmas special, HBO's Kids Are Punny, Fergie, and ABC's Kids Are People Too. Alan has also created shows, developed concepts and produced pilots for TNN, VH1, and King World.

Alan also scripted episodes for animated shows including Taz-Mania, Goof Troop and Disney's Raw Toonage (Emmy nominee for Best Writing). Alan also created and wrote long running stage shows including Glued to the Tube and The Wheel of Fortune Live Tour, and he developed and wrote the Nickelodeon Studios Live Tour at Universal Studios in Orlando.

Alan has written print, television and radio advertising and promotional campaigns for a wide array of consumer products and entertainment properties, including Pepsi, McDonald's, Disney World, The Weather Channel, HBO, Showtime, and many of the Rainbow Media networks.

Alan lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with his wife and their four kids.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Silly Dilly, October 29, 2004

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Paula's Books "PB" (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs (Hardcover)

My son picked this up at the book fair at his school. I have to say, that overall, we enjoyed it. It was fun to have a book to "sing" to, rather than just read to kids. They loved it! The illustrations are funny, and sometimes kinda gross and funky, but my boys love that.
There are 14 total songs to sing, to old tunes that we know and love. This is a great and engaging book, that will put a smile on any child's face. The words "silly dilly" are perfect for this book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toe-tapping verses that beg to be sung aloud, April 18, 2003

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I'm Still Here In The Bathtub by Alan Katz is a delightful collection of "silly-dilly" poems, which can be sung to the tunes of classic childhood favorites. Extravagant caricature artwork by David Catrow adds a special touch to the toe-tapping verses that beg to be sung aloud, in this pleasant and humorous picture book. My Sister Fights With Me: My sister fights with me/We always disagree/And it's her fault!/She breaks my favorite stuff/She treats me mean and rough/I say, "I've had enough!"/Our mom yells halt!/So we act like we're friends/But soon the niceness ends/She starts to hiss/Taking things from my drawers/Making me do her chores/And worst of all, she snores/Please take my sis!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you have the first, you need the second, May 1, 2005

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Catherine Hallberg "(Kate)" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs (Hardcover)

If you liked "take me out of the bathtub" you'll like this one too. maybe not "read" on the same night as the first, but certainly both could go along on a car trip or a camping trip and you could get a lot of milage out of the two.


As a trained singer I've been shocked to hear "stop singing!" from my children. They NEVER say that about these songs, thankfully and will even sing along with me.

The lyrics are funny- and the illustrations fit the sprawling "kid look". It often helps to hum the "real" song before launching into the parody since the tune can often be wiped from memory- maybe it's fear when the melody sees what's going to be done to it. :-P

these songs are great fun for me and my kids. The cats even stick around for some rousing renditions.