For those teachers with little or no music background and seasoned professionals who just don't have time to gather lesson plans, the This Is Music! series is exactly what they need to teach music in a classroom setting! Incredibly easy to use; Eight lessons in each book; Reproducible pages make easy take-home assignments; No singing ability required - all music is on the CDs!

Hey diddle diddle, you all know the riddle, a cow jumps over the moon... But the moon is very high in the sky. How many attempts will it take before Cow makes her famous highflying leap?

Hey, Diddle Diddle! Join the cat and the fiddle and all of your favorite nursery rhyme characters for this illustrated version of the classic nursery rhyme.

While rehearsing a Broadway-style production of the familiar nursery rhyme, Hiram Diddle Diddle and a violin-playing cat encourage a cow to keep jumping until she makes it OVER the moon.

This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happened after the cow jumped over the moon.Includes music on the last page.

The horse seriously doubts that the cow will ever be able to jump over the Moon but offers respect and admiration when the determined bovine accomplishes that feat.

With over forty traditional nursery rhymes, personally chosen by the illustrator and laid out in colour-drenched double spreads. this is a beautiful, painterly collection of rhymes that has the makings of a classic. Included are familiar favourites such as: Hickory Dickory Dock, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Lavender's Blue, Ride a Cock Horse, Pop Goes the Weasel, To market, To market. And then there are some unusual rhymes to discover, such as Jumping Joan, Gray Goose and Gander, and Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark. The pictures contain lots of detail to pore over, with strong decorative elements and a fine sense of colour and design. The perfect book to share, not only with a baby, but with the whole family.