Customer Reviews

The Library of Children's Song Classics (Library of Series)

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This collection is a mainstay of my collection of teaching materials. There are many classic tunes as well as some lesser known gems. The collection is organized into songs by category. Some of the tunes are different, but it is a great resource for lyrics alone. My children love this book as well!!!

I am a nanny for a young child under two, and we have a great time singing and playing songs on the piano. She bangs along on the keys while I play, and sometimes I stop playing and let her have at it, and she makes up her own songs and music to play. She is developing an ability to play specific and consecutive notes, which is pretty remarkable for a such a young child. Most of the arrangements are very good as noted by the other reviewer. The book is also very well illustrated, she takes as much delight in the drawings as in the music.

I got this book as a gift, and have enjoyed it thoroughly.It's reminded me of some of the songs I loved as a kid, and providedarrangements that sound good but are easy enough for a novice pianist. It doesn't have EVERY classic song, but I'm surprised when I look a song up and it ISN'T there.

My 2 year old LOVES this book! He knows exactly which pages contain his favorite songs as almost every page has pictures and he remembers the pictures (e.g. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star page has a circle of stars). I play the piano and so we have had countless hours of enjoyment sitting and the piano "playing" them together. A great buy whether you play or not!

I was babysitting for a friend and she had this book open on her piano. Several others have mentioned how nice it is for piano, but it's also great if you're a guitar player, even if you're not an expert guitar player! As others have noted, the arrangements are basic enough that beginners (like myself) can play most of these tunes on the first try. It has just about every children song you can think of - from Eensy weensy spider to some nice patriotic ones. If you spend even a little time with children, this book will help you fill your time with music. Great for parents, daycares, camps, caregivers, etc. I came home to order a copy for myself right away.

Do you ever wonder what the return of your investment in children's piano lessons will be? Will the numerous pleas to practice be worth it?

Maybe you will be as lucky as I and get more back than you ever could have calculated.

I bought The Library of Children's Song Classics for my daughter for her first mother's day (and my first grandmother's day). Since then the two of them--Meghan and Molly B-- have enjoyed many magical and musical moments together at the piano. The music is easy enough for Meghan to play without practicing but complex enough to be satisfying.

When I am lucky enough to be with them, the well known songs make it easy to sing along. Fantastic family time!

I got this for my daughter for Christmas -- more for my husband, who loves to play the piano for her. It has quite the list of familiar songs and some we've never heard of. My husband did put up quite a stink at some of the lyrics we thought we knew, but apparently have been updated since the original songs were written... This book contains the originals. "What does that phrase mean? That's not how the song goes!"

My son who is 2 loves to sing and look at books. We have some other books that have the words to songs that he loves and I was looking for something really comprehensive. So, this is great because it has most of the songs I know plus many I'm happy to learn with the musical notes and chords so I can learn them. However, I was looking for something colorful and attractive - so he can look at the pictures while we sing the songs. This was the best I found but there really needs to be a beautifully illustrated book of songs and these illustrations are very basic and small.

I'm a piano teacher and I'm thinking about teaching voice lessons as well, so I decided to start out with my roommate and her 8 year old son. Neither of them have any experience with singing, so I thought I'd start with some fun children's songs to build their confidence. This book has a lot of familiar songs to choose from, and most are in a very "singable" range. There are also a lot of songs that none of us have ever heard of. The piano accompaniments are simple, which is good and bad--it means I can sight read most of the accompaniments easily (less practice time), and there's less going on in the piano part to confuse beginning singers, but some of them leave something to be desired. My biggest complaint with the book is that it isn't spiral bound, making it almost impossible to keep it open on the piano. Despite its few flaws, I'm glad to have added it to my collection.

The book has more children's songs then I could possible imagine.The Library of Children's Song Classics