"Music Together's Singalong Storybooks blend whimsical illustrations and simple, melodic text to form kid-pleasing stories that can be enjoyed time and again. The thoughtful activity suggestions and downloadable songs for each book provide valuable tools to help parents and teachers strengthen children's early literacy skills and natural musical ability."
—Claudia Haines, MLIS, Youth Services Librarian, Homer, Alaska Public Library
"Hey, Diddle, Diddle is a story of drama, intrigue, perseverance, and love. This jazzy rendition of a classic nursery rhyme is lovely to read or sing, and has a great lesson at the end. A wonderful story!"
—Cen Campbell, Head Librarian at Bookboard.com, Founder of LittleLit.com
"We are utterly over the moon about this book! Music Together keeps the linguistic value of nursery rhymes alive in Hey, Diddle, Diddle."
—Pam Talbot and Kim Nertney, Language Launchers™
"My family has truly loved Music Together and the storybooks help deepen and extend what we are learning in class."
—Music Together parent
"Because my daughter already knew the songs she was interested and engaged by the books. It helped her learn new words and to be open to reading."
—Music Together parent
"We're excited that the Hey, Diddle, Diddle Singalong Storybook is joining this year's list of award-winning products. We recognize products that are innovative, engaging and stimulating. Our team of expert judges and parent evaluators meticulously scrutinize, test and play with hundreds of submissions throughout year. A NAPPA award-winning product is a product that parents can trust and kids will love."
—Julie Kertes, NAPPA General Manager
"I really liked the illustrations of this book. The children seemed to be captivated while I was reading it. Parents and teachers can use this book in a variety of ways to extend the lessons bestowed. I asked the kids to look and listen for the same sounds in any of the words I read. After looking for similarities of beginning and ending sounds (identified phonemes), we looked for all the rhyming words and then came up with some on our own. It was a fun lesson!"
—Academics' Choice Awards teacher reviewer
"My 3-year-old enjoyed counting the animals on the page. He thought the cow on the wheelchair was funny. He listened to the song many times and was really engaged in the book."
—Academics' Choice Awards parent reviewer
"The first thing that caught our tester's eye was the bright and colorful illustrations. The quality of the book is superb. Parents and kids alike enjoyed the tempo of the song which was really upbeat and fun. Finally, at the end of the book there is an 'Activities' page that shares ideas for how parents can incorporate the book and song into activities with their children. There are ideas for making your own musical instruments, changing up verses in the book, and how to go about discussing the story with your child."
—The National Parenting Center