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Tom Paxton

Author of Going to the Zoo

72+ Works 1,428 Members 24 Reviews

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Includes the name: Tom Paxton

Disambiguation Notice:

Tom Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter, who also wrote music and non-music books.

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Works by Tom Paxton

Going to the Zoo (1996) 414 copies

Engelbert the Elephant (1990) — Author — 111 copies

The Marvelous Toy (1996) 105 copies

The jungle baseball game (1999) 81 copies

The Story of the Tooth Fairy (1996) 71 copies

Engelbert Moves the House (Little Celebrations) (1993) 56 copies

The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop's Fable (1800) 50 copies

Engelbert, the Hero (Little Celebrations) (1997) 47 copies

Belling the Cat and Other Aesop's Fables (1990) 36 copies

Engelbert's Exercise (Little Celebrations) (1997) 35 copies

Jennifer's Rabbit (1974) 34 copies

The Other Side of the Lake (1996) 33 copies

Androcles and the Lion and Other Aesop's Fables (1991) 32 copies

Aesop's Fables (1988) 32 copies

Engelbert (Little Celebrations) (1993) 31 copies

The Animals' Lullaby (1993) 31 copies

Where's the Baby? (1750) 30 copies

Meet Tom Paxton (Little Celebrations) (1750) 30 copies

The Story of Santa Claus (1995) 29 copies

Engelbert Joins the Circus (1997) 28 copies

Birds of a Feather and Other Aesop's Fables (1993) 21 copies

Tom Paxton - The Honor of Your Company (2000) 11 copies

Ramblin' Boy and Other Songs (1965) 10 copies

Ramblin' Boy (2008) 7 copies

A Child's Christmas with Tom Paxton (featuring Marvelous Toy) 4 copies

I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton (1999) 4 copies

The Very Best Of Tom Paxton (1992) 3 copies

Wearing The Time (1994) 3 copies

...tom paxton (disk 1) 2 copies

Comedians and Angels (2008) 2 copies

Your Shoes, My Shoes (2002) 2 copies

Heroes 2 copies

The Tom Paxton Folio of Songs 2 copies

Live in Concert 1 copy

Even a Gray Day 1 copy

By Tom Paxton - Aesop's Fables (1988-09-16) [Hardcover] (1988) 1 copy

A Child's Christmas/Marvelous Toy and Other Gallimaufry 1 copy

Tom Paxton - Peace Will Come / New Songs for Old Friends 1 copy

Tom Paxton Anthology 1 copy

Comedians & Angels 1 copy

I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 1 copy

Complete Tom Paxton, The 1 copy

By Tom Paxton - Aesop's Fables (1988-09-16) [Hardcover] 1 copy

Boat In The Water 1 copy

Original Album Series : Ramblin' Boy/Outward Bound/Morning Again/The Things I Notice Now/6 1 copy

Compleat Tom Paxton: Recorded Live 1 copy

Spoken Introduction (Best Of Friends) (2004) 1 copy

Tom Paxton - Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 1 copy

How Come The Sun 1 copy

The Best of Tom Paxton I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 1 copy

Redemption Road 1 copy

The Compleat Tom Paxton - Recorded Live 1 copy

Looking for the moon 1 copy

Outward Bound 1 copy

Tom Paxton: Ain't that News 1 copy

I Give You the Morning (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy

Tom Paxton - Comedians and Angels (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) (2008) 1 copy

A Paxton primer 1 copy

The compleat Tom Paxton. [Phonodisc] 1 copy

Morning Again 1 copy

Ain't That News! 1 copy

Best of Tom Paxton [sound recording] 1 copy

Under American Skies (2001) 1 copy

Very Best 1 copy

New songs from the Briarpatch 1 copy

It ain't easy 1 copy

Suzy is a rocker (1992) 1 copy

The Things I Notice Now 1 copy

Best of the Vanguard Years 1 copy

Politics Live 1 copy

Tom Paxton #6 1 copy

Up & Up by Tom Paxton (1998-03-17) 1 copy

Associated Works

To Everything There is a Season (2009) — Foreword — 30 copies

Campfire Folk Songs (Strum & Sing) (2004) — Composer — 11 copies

A Tribute to Woody Guthrie — Performer — 6 copies

Tagged

adventure (5) Aesop (9) animal stories (5) animals (61) baseball (10) biography (5) CD (13) children (8) children's (8) children's book (8) Christmas (11) circus (9) Compact Disc (6) elephants (13) fables (16) fairy tales (6) family (11) fantasy (8) fiction (29) folk (19) folk music (7) folktales (7) music (47) non-fiction (5) picture book (51) poetry (6) preschool (9) rhyme (5) rhymes (12) rhyming (21) singer/songwriter (5) song (28) songbook (5) songs (23) stories in rhyme (6) toddler (5) tooth fairy (5) toys (8) zoo (70) zoo animals (11)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1937-10-31
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Relationships: Paxton, Jennifer (daughter)
Disambiguation notice: Tom Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter, who also wrote music and non-music books.

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The Marvelous Toy w/CD by Tom Paxton

Genre
Picture books for children
Songs
Subject
Fathers and sons
Generosity
Gifts
Play
Toys

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kmgerbig | 2 other reviews | Apr 28, 2023 |

Going to the Zoo by Tom Paxton

Genre:
Songs
Picture books for children
Subject headings:
Zoo animals

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kmgerbig | 7 other reviews | Apr 27, 2023 |

The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop's Fable by Tom Paxton

This fable is about an grasshopper that likes to dance and singing all day and an ant that works hard. This story is good for teaching responsibility and the appropriate times to play and appropriate times to work hard. I would use this book in younger elementary grades to set the tone at the beginning on the year and when we are talking about jobs within the classroom and outside of the classroom.

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JalisaLouis | 1 other review | Nov 12, 2017 |

Going to the zoo by Tom Paxton

Tom Paxton's classic song comes to life in this boisterous picture book. Rhythmic verse leads you through a wild kingdom where animals burst from every page. Monkeys are scritch, scritch, scratchin', and kangaroos are hop, hop, hoppin', making every moment an adventure.

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wichitafriendsschool | 7 other reviews | Jun 30, 2016 |

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Statistics

Works: 72
Also by: 3
Members: 1,428
Popularity: #18,017
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 24
ISBNs: 78

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