Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Clapping Little Library Jingle
The chorus turns a free-library exchange into a chain of care. Brandon and Austin inspect before choosing, protect the books from weather and damage, and recognize that each reader receives a story because another reader passed it forward.
The part everyone joins: “Take one story, leave one too—send the pages on to someone new.”
Lyrics
Count-In
Brandon: Clap once for the book we choose.
Austin: Clap twice for the book we use.
Round the willow circle bright,
morning leaves skipped through the light.
Near the garden’s flower fence,
one small book box waited there.
Brandon opened just the door.
Austin checked each cover first.
Dry and clean, with pages whole—
that was how the sharing worked.
Leader: Take one story!
Everyone: Choose with care!
Leader: Leave one story!
Everyone: Place it there!
All: Close the door and pass it through—
send the pages on to someone new!
Past the bright red barn gate,
Brandon carried one book straight.
At the reading stump they sat;
Austin held the page-edge flat.
No bent corners, marks, or rain;
when they finished, whole it stayed.
Brandon said, “This tale was fun.”
Austin said, “We’ll pass it on.”
Leader: Take one story!
Everyone: Choose with care!
Leader: Leave one story!
Everyone: Place it there!
All: Close the door and pass it through—
send the pages on to someone new!
Brandon: Cover dry?
Everyone: Check it through!
Austin: Pages whole?
Everyone: That one will do!
Brandon: Room inside?
Austin: One book fits.
All: Place it gently where it sits.
Down the mailbox path they went,
thinking where the story spent
its morning next: a porch, a chair,
or garden shade with someone there.
Back beside the garden row,
leaf and bee and breeze went low.
Austin closed the little door.
Brandon clapped the sharing score.
Leader: Take one story!
Everyone: Choose with care!
Leader: Leave one story!
Everyone: Place it there!
All: Close the door and pass it through—
send the pages on to someone new!
Read or listen, look or share—
stories travel when we care!
Closing Tag: One soft clap, one page turns—
every reader gives and learns.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary Song, approximately ages 8–12
Theme: Books & Words
Emotional hook: Stories move from hand to hand
Cast: Brandon Rabbit and Austin Turtle
Weather: 72°F, sun-sparkled morning, no precipitation, leaf-tickling wind, cheerful outdoor weather
Route: Willow circle → red barn gate → garden row, with flower fence, reading stump, and mailbox-path details
Energy: Bright handclap-and-book-tap groove with a clear take-one–leave-one refrain
Participation: Browse, choose, leave a suitable book, write no marks, pass gently, and thank the previous reader
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 50 seconds
Ways to Join In
- Clap, tap, sign, or gesture once for “take” and twice for “leave.”
- Mime checking a cover and page edges without bending them.
- Choose a role: browse, point, read, listen, hold a book flat, open or close a pretend door, or watch.
- Use only clean, dry, age-appropriate books with adult approval; do not place damaged, wet, personal, or marked books in a real sharing box.
- Keep the box door closed after use and all real reading on a dry, stable surface.
- Children may stand, sit, roll, clap, tap, sign, sing, read, listen, or watch.