...from the award-winning album
All The Cats Were Playin'
 

The Owl and the Pussycat
The classic poem of love and marriage by Edward Lear, 
set to music by LuLu and the TomCat 
and illustrated by Natalie Kalashnikov. 
Sheet music included.

 

The illustrations by Natalie are meaningful, and "kid-friendly."
 
 

Interesting detail and friendly characters 
keep the reader's attention focused on the words and meanings.
Affective learning happens because colouring the pictures 
makes the book more personal to the child.
 

Sheet music is included in all of the "Sing-a-Books". 
This aids the teacher, parent or young musician 
to add another dimension to the magical reading experience. 
Sheet music can also be used to integrate reading into the music class.
Sheet music also provides the learner with the morphemes (smallest units of meaning) 
needed to decode words since each note contains 
only one unit of sound.
 
 

Samples of "Sing-a-books" 
from the album
3, 2, 1 Kadoozee

Squeedle-doo and Squeedle-dee
 A LuLu and the TomCat story of two mischievous little monkeys, 
set to music by George Sanders, and illustrated by Justin Krahn. 
Sheet music included.

Justin's illustrations have been "kid-tested".
 
 
 

The lyrics by LuLu and the TomCat tell of 
two mischievous monkeys as they play tricks and 
learn from their mistakes. Justin was able to capture the
mischievous quality of Squeedle-doo and Squeedle-dee
in his illustrations.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Even though the tiger is not very happy,
the expressive quality of this illustration draws the attention of kids.
 

Sheet music is included in all of the 
"Sing-a-Books". 
This aids the teacher, parent or young musician 
to add another dimension to the magical reading experience. 
Sheet music can also be used to integrate reading into the music class.
Sheet music also provides the learner with the morphemes 
(smallest units of meaning) 
needed to decode words since each note contains 
only one unit of sound.
 
 
 
 
 

Adieu et dodo
Ramez avec les voyageurs et leurs beaux canots 
puis dansez des pas de gigues ensemble. 
(So Long and Bye-bye - Paddle with the Voyageurs 
and their fine canoes, then dance the jig together.)
Set to music by LuLu and the TomCat 
and illustrated by Justin Krahn. 
Sheet music included.

For French Language Arts, French Immersion,
Social Studies/History, or for just having fun,
Adieu et dodo, by LuLu and the TomCat / LuLu et le Matou
will take you "up the river" where the Voyageurs
come to life with youthful characters, showing the life and times of
North America's historical figures.
 

Justin's illustrations are full of historically accurate detail,
in a "kid-friendly" format.

A day in the life of Jean-Paul (in French and English), 
a young voyageur from Trois-Rivières, 
is included plus attractive vocabulary builders.
 

Sheet music is included in every 
"Sing-a-Book."

"Chante - un - conte"

Adieu et dodo 
(du DC:    3, 2, 1 Kadoozee)
Ramez avec les voyageurs et leurs beaux canots 
puis dansez des pas de gigues ensemble. 
(So Long and Bye-bye - Paddle with the Voyageurs 
and their fine canoes, then dance the jig together.)
Mise en musique par LuLu and the TomCat. 
Dessinée par Justin Krahn.
Feuille de musique incluse.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The "Sing-a-Book" Series
Using enticing music and rhyming stories is a 
fun way to hook children on reading. 
LuLu and the TomCat's upbeat melodies with 
companion colouring books are 
designed to challenge  children while showing them just how 
fun reading can be. Classic and original children's poems and stories 
are set to music to draw children into the magical world of reading. 
Adorable colouring pages keep young readers focused and involved. 
"Sing-a-book" with LuLu and the TomCat.
 

click here to read an article
about "Sing-a-books"
by Ashleigh Viveiros
(Winkler Times, August 18, 2003)
 

"Sing-a-Books" are available 
directly from LuLu and the TomCat
by e-mail, mail or phone,
or from McNally Robinson, Grant Park.
1-800-561-1833

e-mail: TomLori@mts.net
mail: Box 164, Roland, MB., R0G 1T0
phone: 1-204-343-2358
web site: 
www.luluandthetomcat.com

(A major announcement will be made soon 
about further availability.)