The Book of Bounces Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation to Generation for Infants & Toddlers

For generations, the songs and rhymes of American folk culture have delighted little ones and connected adult and child. These treasures were once passed on from parent or grandparent to child, but are now in danger of being lost and forgotten with changes in technology and family structure. This series helps to develop a young child's imagination and musical sensibilities, as well as create an intimate quiet time between parent and child. The practice of amusing and distracting a baby by bouncing on the knee to songs and chants goes back centuries. This book contains the largest known collection of traditional bounces and over 150 songs and rhymes, such as Pop Goes the Weasel, To Market, To Market, and This Is the Way the Ladies Ride.

John M. Feierabend is professor and chair of the music education division at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford in Connecticut. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.