Monday, October 15, 2012

The Library Doors

We had lots of fun reading The Library Doors by Toni Buzzeo, and singing the song with our principal, Bill Carozza. You can sing along with Mr. Carozza and Mrs. Forgiel's first grade class by clicking on this link: The Library Doors

(THE BACK) STORY
 A few weeks ago, I pulled a book The Library Doors by Toni Buzzeo off a shelf to use with first grade classes. It is a wonderful introduction to the library, set to the familiar tune of the "Wheels on the Bus." I looked for a CD in the back of the book, and finding none, made a mental note to see if Bill Carozza, our principal, would come in to sing it with the first graders ( I wasn't sure if students would recognize the tune if I sang it).

 SONG
 About a week later, I was reading a librarians' listserv, and noticed a request from another librarian wondering if there was a recording available for this same book. A few moments later there was a response from the book's author wondering if anyone would be willing to make a recording of the song (she apparently can't carry a tune either). It seemed serendipitous, so I emailed Bill to see if he would be interested. If you know Bill, you know he loves kids, loves to sing, and loves technology, so I was pretty sure the answer would be yes. We met with the first grade class to record the song in our school's Digital Media Studio. It was a lot of fun, and we were able to immediately play the song back for the students so they could hear it. Thanks to Toni Buzzeo for writing such a fun book, and for permission to post the song.

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