“Make a Splash and Read” appears on the CD “Let’s Have a Reading Party!” by children’s musician Steve Blunt and author/illustrator Marty Kelley. This CD is perfect for libraries and booklovers of all ages. It contains 16 songs and stories that make reading rock—with a party mix of reading themes and musical styles from Catch the Reading Bug to Reading Road Trip USA!
Five of Kelley’s children’s books appear in spoken word “read-along” form, including The Rules, Fall is Not Easy, Summer Stinks and others. Be warned: The super-cool punk rock version of “Summer Stinks” will turn storytime into a toddler mosh pit before you can say A,B,C!
LET’S HAVE A READING PARTY!
Track Listing
1. Let’s Have a Reading Party!
2. Summertime...and the Readin’ is Easy
3. Summer Stinks (Super Cool Punk Rock Version)
4. If You’ve Got Imagination, Get a Book
5. Summer Stinks (read-along)
6. Fall is Not Easy (read-along)
7. Winter Woes (read-along)
8. Spring Goes Squish (read-along)
9. The Rules (read-along)
10. Reading Rocks the Granite State
11. (You’ve Been Watching) Too Much TV
12. The Pirates’ Reading Song (Treasure Reading)
13. Catch the Reading Bug
14. G’Day for Reading
15. Make a Splash and Read
16. Reading Road Trip, USA
MAKE A SPLASH AND READ
(Words & Music © S. Blunt & M. Kelley, 2009)
I went to the library,
My pet goldfish came with me.
I said, “Hey there, chum, if you take a look,
You’ll get hooked by a really good book!”
But my little fish had never been
To the library, so I reeled him in.
I said, “All kinds of books, libraries carry ‘em,
They’re fun to visit, just like the aquarium.”
CHORUS
Splish-splash, little fish, come with me,
Let’s make a spash at the library!
Splish-splash, little fish, yes indeed,
Let’s make a splash and read!
So we dove in for a look around,
What a catch of books we found:
Books about starfish, sharks, and whales,
Octopus, eels, and fishy tales...
Like The Rainbow Fish and Moby Dick,
The Little Mermaid’s quite a pick,
One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish is our fave...
What a great big title wave!
CHORUS
Splish-splash, little fish, come with me,
Let’s make a spash at the library!
Splish-splash, little fish, yes indeed,
Let’s make a splash and read!
My fish became a cultured reader,
Not just any old bottom feeder.
Now he is a literary critic, he
Sometimes can be rather finicky.
So if you’re feelin’ kinda stuck
In a goldfish bowl, well you’re in luck,
‘Cause it’s like swimmin’ in the sea,
When you make a splash at the library!
CHORUS
Splish-splash, little fish, come with me,
Let’s make a spash at the library!
Splish-splash, little fish, yes indeed,
Let’s make a splash and read!
