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Home on the Range	Cindy Sandy Boys	Mystery Train

Djembe Ocean drum 1 Ocean drum 2 Hand drum	Tambourine Frog Egg Shakers African maraca Wood guiro	Book Jingle

Musical Web Sites - Create your own music or listen to more instruments!

New York Philharmonic Kidzone Instrument Storage Room
Listen to a whole orchestra's worth of instruments!
Carnegie Hall Young Listeners
Play games and find out about Gino, the Carnegie Hall cat.
San Francisco Symphony's Music Lab
Learn about melody, pitch and rhythm. Perform and compose some of your own!
Classics for Kids
Hear performances of classical music online.
National Arts Center Arts Alive
Get up close with all the instruments in an orchestra.

Music to check out at the Library

See all kids songs!

	Smithsonian Global Sound If you're at home, grab your library card for access to this terrific database of music for everybody.
	They Might Be Giants Check out Here Comes Science and No! Watch and listen to Here Come the ABCs. Try Bed, Bed, Bed at bedtime and you'll be snoring in no time.
	Marlo Thomas Did you ever dream of talking to a mermaid? Find all this and more in Thanks & Giving All Year Long.
	Movie Soundtracks Your favorite songs from movies.
	Kidz Bop If you're old enough to walk, you're old enough to rock! Visit Kidz Bop online.
	Wee Sing Each Wee Sing selection contains about an hour of terrific children's songs. The Wee Sing series is filled with timeless classics to get all babies singing and dancing.
	Hunk-ta-bunk-ta Katherine Dines creates wonderful lullabies and songs for younger kids.
	Hap Palmer Can a bug weave a rug? Can a duck drive a truck? Can a sheep go to sleep? Can your little toe trace the letter 'O'? Have big fun while you learn about music!
	Raffi Singable Songs for the Very Young has entertained kids since 1976. Sing along with Baby Beluga and Rise and Shine!
	Lisa Loeb Lisa Loeb is serious about summer camp!
	Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al is a very entertaining character and his polkas will have you reaching for your accordion.
	The Music of Sesame Street Sing along with Elmo and all of your Sesame Street pals!
	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Music Fred Rogers made nearly 900 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and composed over 200 songs.