Songs For Libraries and Librarians and the People Who Love Them

As part of National Library Week, I thought I'd start a list of library-related songs for your perusal. Now our hard drive crashed a couple weeks back and all the kids' CDs I'd ripped to that drive were lost. (Lesson here, folks -- get a backup hard drive.) Obviously I still have the physical copies, but searching through the hard drive would have been a lot easier. So consider this comparatively short list a work in progress, and if you have more items to add, please leave 'em in the comments.

"I Love My Library" - Lunch Money (from Dizzy)
"Take Me To Your Library" - Monty Harper (from the album of the same title)
"Blast Into Books" - Monty Harper
"Get A Clue" - Monty Harper
"The Great Green Squishy Mean Bibliovore" - Monty Harper
"Hanging Out With the Heroes at the Library" - Monty Harper
"Paws Claws Scales & Tales" - Monty Harper (sensing a trend here? Harper writes a lot of songs for libraries, and a lot of them are quite tuneful)
"The Books I Like To Read" - Frances England (from Fascinating Creatures)
“Rockin’ The Library” - Jim Cosgrove
“Library Ann” - Jim Cosgrove

Comments

[GBK Gwyneth]

I'm sure to think of some more, so please pre-forgive me for multiple comments -- but "Catch the Bug" from Secret Agent 23 Skidoo is one that I hear this week.

And another one that we love is "The Library Song" from Julie Austin. (check it in, check it out!)

[GBK Gwyneth]

Yep, like I said, they will come to me randomly.

Sue Schnitzer - The Library Song

The Library Card Song -- from Arthur and friends ("Who is Dewey?")

[Amy Planchak Graves]

Great list! I would add "Nancy (Librarian Extraordinaire)" by Recess Monkey.

[Katy L]

Tom Chapin, "Let's Go Down to the Library" (Don't know if this is the same song Gwyneth referenced cuz it, too, has the refrain "Check it in, check it out.")

[Monty Harper]

Hi Stefan!

Thanks for listing so many of my library songs!

You might like to know I've got some new ones coming out in May. The new CD is a collaboration with my friend Mr. Billy, called "Let's Get Creative." It's to go with this summer's reading theme at the libraries. My favorite song title: "Reading Makes Me Want to Dance Out Loud!"

I'll send a review copy soon.

[Conductor Jack]

I'd add "Open A Book (At Your Library)" to that list. It's on the new live CD, "A Zinghoppy Concert" by this awesome band called Conductor Jack and the Zinghoppers. ;)You can listen to it at our Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/conductorjackandthezinghoppers

[Tito]

"Library Party" - Gunnar Madsen

"Dewey Decimal System" - The Hipwaders

[GBK Gwyneth]

Read Around the World - Eric OdeI Can Read - Gwendolyn And The Good Time GangShut Up In The Library - Barry Louis PolisarKazooey Decimal - Thaddeus RexThe Library Book - Mary KayeAt the Library - Eric OdeLibrary - Steve Songs

I'll have to see if the song from Julie Austin's CD is one from Tom Chapin, thanks Katy L.

[Zoe]

Stefan, yet again your blog comes up trumps as my favourite resource online! I'm in the process of planning a Library Launch day for a local infant school (3-7 year olds) and we'll be using a lot of these great songs for our early morning "wake up, shake up" school dance, and also at lunchtime. Thanks!

[Stefan Shepherd]

Yay! So glad to be of help. The list is 3+ years old, so I'm sure there must be more in the meantime.