The Collaborative Summer Library Program has announced their 2025 theme, "Color Our World" to encourage students in grades K-8 to read for the summer of 2025. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Many of our artists have created wonderful songs that pair well with your favorite children's books which we think your children will love!
The benefits of summer reading programming for children:
*Children are motivated to read.
*Children develop positive attitudes about reading, books, and the library.
*Children maintain their reading skills during summer vacation.
*Children have access to experiences that further their sense of discovery.
*Children have access to experiences through which they can learn to work cooperatively.
Color Our World - see more songs about colors!
Beautiful Rainbow World – Daria
The Color Imagination Song – Margee Minier-Tubbs
Colors All Around – Jack Hartmann
Colors All Around – Listen & Learn
Colors in My World – Judy Caplan Ginsburg
Colors of Our Clothes – Music, Movement & Magination
The Colors of the Rainbow – Andy Z
Eight Pretty Colors – Ron Brown
I Know the Colors of the Rainbow – Ella Jenkins
Let My Colors Flow – Grin Brigade
Magic Colors – Music, Movement & Magination
Parade of Colors – Hap Palmer
What Color Will You Be? – Liz Buchanan
2024 Theme: Adventure Begins at Your Library : La Aventura Comienza en tu Biblioteca
Going on an Adventure – Two of a Kind
Hanging Out With Heroes at the Library – Two of a Kind
Library Adventure – Reading Dog Band
Reading Our Way Across the USA – Judy Pancoast
Super Bookman Dude – Danny Weinkauf
Take Me To Your Leader) – Judy Pancoast
We're Going to the Library – Marsha and the Positrons
2023 Theme: All Together Now : Todos Juntos Ahora
Better Together – Dr. Mac.
In This Together – Michael Ryther
La Dey Da (Juntos/Together) – Wendy & DB
March Together – Aaron Nigel Smith - 1 Tribe Collective
Together – Jack Hartmann
We All Live Together – Kymberly Stewart
We Can Make It Together – Bobby Susser
We Go Together Very Well – Little Miss Ann
We're All In This Together – Two of a Kind
2022 Theme: Oceans of Possibilities
At The 'Quarium' – Two of a Kind
Clickety Clack – Birdsong & the Ecowonders
H20 – Liz Buchanan
Fishies in the Water – Music, Movement & Magination
The Gulp Gulp Song (Ocean Food Chain) – Music, Movement & Magination
The Nights of the Pufflings(based on Nights of the Puflings by B. McMillan) – Sam Jones
Sid the Squid – Two of a Kind
The Surfing With The Seals (based on Seal Surfer by M. Forman)– Sam Jones
Way Down Deep In The Ocean – Fran Avni
See all of our Fish and Marine Animal Songs and Oceans Theme Unit Songs!
2021 Theme: Tails and Tales
Let's Go To The Library for Tails 'N' Tales 'N' Tails! – Steve Blunt (YouTube)
Readin' to Rosie – John & Jo-Anne Keenan
Rover the Reading Dog – John & Jo-Anne Keenan
The Story of Readin' to Rosie – John & Jo-Anne Keenan
See all of our Animal Songs and Animal Songs for Young Children!
2020 Theme: Imagine Your Story
Imagine Your Story and Make It Come True – Steve Blunt
33 Storytime Songs – Kiboomu Kids Songs
Gettin' Loose with Mother Goose – MaryJo Huff
Imagination – Liz Buchanan
Let's Read A Story – Bay Song
A Story – Recess
Storybook Friends – Intelli-Tunes
Storytime – Margot Bevington
Wake the Inmagination – Tim Seston
2019 Theme: A Universe of Stories
3-2-1 Rocket Opera – Lin Brown
A Race in Space Album Download – Jim Thorne
Gravity Vacation –Marsha Goodman-Wood
Joey Chrome's Guide to the Solar System – Johnny and the Raindrops
Journey to the Other Side (Downloadable Album and Book Set) – Carl Sherrill
Outer Space – Jason Anderson
Read A Book – Katherine Dines
Why Can't You Dance On Jupiter? –Marsha Goodman-Wood
2018 Theme: Libraries Rock!
Libraries Rock! - Let's Rock n' Roll n' Read! – Steve Blunt
Reading Rocks – Jack Hartmann
2017 Theme: Build a Better World
Building A Better World – Ellen Allard
Building A Better World – Steve Blunt
We Can Make A Better World – Jack Hartmann
2016 Theme: On Your Mark, Get Set . . . READ!
On Your Mark, Get Set, READ! – Steve Blunt
2015 Theme: Every Hero Has A Story
Every Hero Has A Story – Steve Blunt
Hanging Out With Heros At the Library – Two of a Kind
Super Reading Man – Steve Blunt
2014 Theme: Fizz, Boom, Read
Experiment With Reading: Fizz, Boom, Read! – Steve Blunt
2013 Theme: Dig Into Reading
Dig Into Reading– Steve Blunt
I Dig Reading– Two of a Kind
Songs Inspired by Classical Children's Books
Abdul Gasazi’s Garden – Sam Jones
A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog – Recess!
All Around The Pond – Sam Jones
A Story, A Story – Recess!
At The Great Ball Game – Sam Jones
Big Bushy Mustache – Sam Jones
Cool Books (Common Core K-1 Exemplars) – Recess!
Crack a Book – Mrs. Kate
The Dot – Liz Buchanan
Dream Big—Read! – Steve Blunt
Frog and Toad Forever – Recess!
The Gingerbread Girl Rap – Jim Rule
The Gingerbread Man – Ron Brown
The Gingerbread Man – Susan Harrison
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss – Songs For Teaching®
Harriet the Spy – Two of a Kind
Hey There, Goldilocks – Ron Brown
Hi! Fly Guy – Recess!
Jalapeno Bagels – Sam Jones
Jamaica Louise James – Sam Jones
Julius – Sam Jones
Keep On Reading – Jack Hartmann
Kitten's First Full Moon – Recess!
The Lamplighter – Robert Louis Stevenson
Literacy in Motion – The Learning Station
Little Bear – Recess!
Little Henny Penny – Ron Brown
The Little Red Hen – Fran Avni
The Little Red Hen – Ron Brown
The Lion and the Mouse – Jack Hartmann
Looking Glass River – Robert Louis Stevenson
Miss Lucy Had a Baby – Traditional Song
Moses Goes To A Concert – Sam Jones
Mr. Popper's Penguins – Recess!
Mrs. Brown Went To Town – Sam Jones
My Shadow – Robert Louis Stevenson
My Shadow (in Span. & Eng.) – Jim Rule
The Nights of the Pufflings – Sam Jones
Officer Buckle and Gloria – Sam Jones
Pancakes for Breakfast – Recess!
Pepita Knows Two Languages – Sam Jones
Poppa’s Pants – Sam Jones
The Ramona Quimby Blues – Sam Jones
Ranger Dockett – Sam Jones
Read a Book – Two of a Kind
Reading Our Way Across the USA – Judy Pancoast
Slow and Steady – Susan Harrison
Surfing with the Seals – Sam Jones
Stone Soup – Stephanie Burton
Swimmy – Two of a Kind
The Tortoise and the Hare – Liz Buchanan
The Three Bears Rap – Ron Brown
The Three Little Pigs – Ron Brown
The Three Little Pigs Rap – Jim Rule
Three Pig Jig – Andrew Queen
Thunder Cake – Sam Jones
Trapped in the Icy South Pole – Sam Jones
The Ugly Duckling Blues – Susan Harrison
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Liz Buchanan
Wild Things – Two of a Kind
Also see our March is Reading Month, Reading Encouragement and
Folk & Fairy Tales song collections.
