Welcome to my page of *ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC* books for elementary kids. I'm an elementary music teacher and I have put together a list of great books that children absolutely LOVE and that use music to encourage reading and love of books.  I have tried out multiple versions of several of these titles and found the one that I think is the best!

I buy several books every year for my school music room -- these are my favorites!  I am partial to books that have lots of color, very good artwork, and are a good size so many children can see it.  These are great resources for an elementary music teacher, an elementary classroom teacher, or for a parent who wants to encourage their child to love books.  Using music along with literature just increases their enjoyment of reading.
Teachers: use these books as a starting point for Elementary Music Lesson Plans or classroom lesson plans.  
Parents: these books will be your children's favorites, to be read again and again.

Click on the link in the column to the left for the grade level you want to see.
Each of these books are linked to amazon.com for more information.  
If you have found a great book that you would like to see on my list, please email me.

My current favorite:

I Got Two Dogs: (Book and CD)
by John Lithgow
11" x 8.8"

This is a very cute book. Nice bouncy song, good pictures and lyrics. My K-3 kids love it. They love to sing along, especially with the "oo-oo-oo-oo" of the dogs howling. CD comes with book.