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New Versions of Classic Songs

While it's true that singing the same songs and rhymes is great for your children, sometimes we need something a little different. Fortunately, there are lots of adaptations of familiar songs! Creative authors have adapted traditional songs and rhymes to reflect different cultures and sometimes just for fun. Go to the Library to discover some retellings and then see if you can create your own!

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Old MacDonald

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo, moo here and a moo, moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Continue to add verses!

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• The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round by Wendy Wan Long Shang
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• Skip to My Moo: A Rollicking Barnyard Story by Iza Trapani
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• The Real Dada Mother Goose: a Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by Julia Rothman