John M. Feierabend

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2018
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Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • The Book of Tapping & Clapping: Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation to Generation for Infants & Toddlers

    Tapping on the bottom of a baby's foot and gently touching a baby's face, fingers, or legs are natural games that have brought joy to children for generations. Clapping a baby's hands together or inviting a baby to clap onto hands lets a baby and adu...

  • The Book of Wiggles & Tickles: Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation to Generation for Infants & Toddlers

    Featuring text and musical notation, this collection includes 88 toe-wiggling and tummy-tickling songs and rhymes for adults to share with children, such as "This Little Piggy" and "These Are Baby’s Fingers."...

  • The Book of Call & Response

  • The Book of Children's Song Tales

    Features favourite American folk songs of earlier generations for children. This work combines storytelling and music to create some of the best-loved and most enduring songs of childhood. It includes songs that range from silly and sorrowful to stra...

  • The Book of Echo Songs

    "These traditional “echo songs” are built around a leader singing a phrase and a group singing the same phrase back, planting the seeds of musical sensitivity in young children. With the songs in this collection, kids can indulge their imitation ...

  • My Aunt Came Back

    Revisiting a folk music classic, this delightfully illustrated picture book adds an unexpected twist to a timeless song, building to a hilarious conclusion certain to engage children time and again. No one knows where the lyrics of this fanciful rhym...

  • There Was a Man and He Was Mad

    A classic folksong is brought vividly to life in this enchanting children's picture book, accompanied by beautiful paintings that capture the essence and wonder of this story and pull the reader in to a fantastic world of music and wonder. “The...

  • Father Grumble

    The hilarious, classic folksong about domestic rivalry is brought to life in this vibrantly illustrated picture book. Father Grumble believes he is more capable at performing household chores than his wi...

  • The Crabfish

    Classic folk music and colorful illustrations tell this funny tale of a little man who tries to help his sick wife feel better by granting her wish to dine on crabfish. Upon being presented to his wife for her examination, the wily crustacean pops u...



  • The Derby Ram

    Revisiting a folk music classic, this delightfully illustrated picture book has inspired laughter from children and adults alike for hundreds of years. This wonderfully tall tale recounts the story of a legendary ram, so big his horns "reach up ...

  • Olivia Meets Ponty the Pelican

  • There's a Hole in the Bucket!

    Tracing its roots back more than 400 years, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket!” is another folk song classic that’s certain to delight today’s children. John M. Feierabend brings this beloved song to vivid life, while Marissa Madonna’s captiv...

  • The Other Day I Met a Bear

    The other day, I met a bear, Out in the woods, A-way out there The beloved echo song “The Other Day I Met a Bear” is beautifully rendered in this illustrated picture book. A favorite camping song for generations, this...

  • Over in the Meadow

    Over in the meadow... there lives a wonderful array of animals and their young. This traditional folksong probably originated in the United Kingdom in the sixteenth century. Over in the Meadow has not only served as a song to teach counting and rhy...

  • Momma, Buy Me a China Doll

    Momma, Buy Me a China Doll is the latest, lavishly illustrated children's songtale based on the great American folk music heritage and collected by John M. Feierabend. This delightful song tells the story of Liza Lou, who dreams of owning a china dol...

  • Jennie Jenkins

    A beautifully illustrated version of the classic and humorous song, "Jennie Jenkins"  A beautiful take on a timeless story, this picture book will become a favorite of today's children, another wonderful chapter in the continuing legacy of a del...

  • Kitty Alone

    Kitty Alone is the latest in a series of captivating picture books, each based on a beloved songtale from the great American folk music heritage. This beautifully illustrated version sets the song in the Appalachian Mountains and uses a bobcat, calle...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John M. Feierabend has published 17 books.

John M. Feierabend does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kitty Alone, was published in September 2018.

The first book by John M. Feierabend, The Book of Tapping & Clapping: Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation to Generation for Infants & Toddlers, was published in September 2000.

No. John M. Feierabend does not write books in series.
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