I have reflected in at least a half a dozen articles on my site on the importance of the elementary school singing sessions that we had weekly when I was in grade school in the 1950s. More importantly – good luck with your work with singing with children. Your site is delightful, and thanks so much for the kind words and the link there. This article contains some of the same videos that I’ve posted here, plus others, some song history and thoughtful commentary on the FOX and the importance of group singing for children. Music by Various Artists, Arranged by Peter YarrowĬollection of lullabies, illustrated from the:Ī fantastic blog article about THE FOX from Jim Moran (educator, radio host and folk musician) on his blog “Comparative Video 101”: Published in Boston, c1858, by Brown, Taggard & Chase Traditional Words and Tune, “ Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night“ University of Florida Digital Collections offers an early illustrated version of the song which you can view online and for free, here:Ī version of this same book, with a few verses and music also included and color plates, but different publisher, here ( Ballantyne, R. This kit features activities and videos and CD of songs for Singable Picture Books, including:įox Went Out on a Chilly Night, The Wheels on the Bus, Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (and MANY more!) The Wheels on the Bus Sing-Along Travel Kit (Scholastic Storybook Treasures) Peter Spier’s illustration of “ Fox Went Out on the Chilly Night” is also included in, The price (maybe this is the price for libraries, since it is on a page marked “LIBRARIANS”) is a baffling $49.95, but hopefully a school or library has it available for check-out! You can read about and purchase the video here: Westonwoods made an award winning video for this award winning book: Image of a beautiful two page spread from this illustration, here:įor a Scholastic/WestonWoods study guide to go with Peter Spier’s illustration of the song, click here: This link includes an image viewer for many of the pages. Link to Random House publisher’s webpage for Peter Spier’s Illustration of FOX, here: The paperback version of Peter Spier’s illustration comes with an audio recording both read and sung by children’s entertainer Tom Chapin. Published by Dell Dragonfly Books, New York, 1961 Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (An Old Song), 2014 Reissueįox Went Out on a Chilly Night (An Old Song)
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