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Morning Song
by Mary McKenna Siddals
illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles
Henry Holt / 2001
Picture Book (out of print)

A young boy wakes up and
joyfully greets the new day.

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ACTIVITIES

Watch Peep, Quack, and Chirp discover their shadows in Peep and the Big Wide World: Shadow Play
(video)

Greet the sun with
Sun Dance Kids Yoga
(music video)

Help Ernie Wake Up all of Bert
with this song
(video)

Get organized with these
Morning Routine Cards
(free printable)

Act out your morning routine
with the Wake Up Song
(video)

Sing along with
This is the Way I Wash My Face...
(mp3)

Make your very own
morning routine book

Decorate your pillowcase
to welcome the day

Enjoy the Five Little Babies
story and activities

What time is it? 
Show the time on these colorful clocks
(paper craft)

Play some online games of
Peek-a-boo and Surprise!

Go out into the sunshine
for some Shadow Play

REVIEWS

A winning evocation of a boy's awakening.
—Publishers Weekly

Exudes a wonderful sense of anticipation
even as it celebrates the moment….
of course it’s going to be a great day!
—Cooperative Children's Book Center - Choices

A great way to start a child's day,
as well as your own.
—Judy Chernak in Children's Literature

The joy of waking to a new day
is captured by a small boy's ode
as he greets each familiar object
in his room with delight….
—Sally R. Dow for School Library Journal

Simple, cheery celebration of a new day.
—Horn Book

A cozy, luminous ode to the newborn day,
perfect for our little ones.
—Chinaberry Books

The kind of book a parent
wouldn't mind reading again and again,
"Morning Song" makes my top ten!
—Lynne Remick in Midwest Review

Siddals and Sayles have once again created
 a wonderful book for young children.
(highly recommended)
—Heidi Thornton in Sparks

An excellent book to share
with toddlers and preschool children.
Beginning readers will enjoy the repetition,
rhyming, and limited vocabulary.
—The Shy Librarian

Get the wee ones back in the September swing
with “Morning Song”….
—Marylou Morano in Book Nook

Siddals turns early morning into a celebration
with her cheerful text, and Sayles' illustrations…
perfectly capture the boy's increasing joy
as the sun rises.
—Julia Durango in By the Book

A counterpoint to the myriad of books
about bedtime… to show a cranky preschooler
there's another way to wake up.
—Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy in The Plain Dealer

A charming book for young children….
I recommend Morning Song to any family
with young children as a joyful
“good morning sun” song!
—Emily Bonner in Provident Bookfinder

If it is true "The first hour of waking
is the rudder that guides the whole day,"
then we should all wake up with this Morning Song.
—Dale R. Sampson in Northeast Massachusetts
Regional Library System

What a wonderful way to wake up!...
Morning Song is bright, colourful and fun.
—British Columbia Education Report

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