solid nursery-age introductory music/poetry book to rhythm and instruments written by iconic First Lady of Children's Music and Folk Song, Ella Jenkins. Covers how to play simple metric patterns, instruments like congas/bongos, simple bells, shakers, etc. Includes a couple rudimentary songs with musical and rhythmic notation too

"Rhythm is something we share in common, you and I
with all the plants and animals and people in the world, 
and with the stars and moon and sun, and all the whole
vast wonderful universe beyond this wonderful earth
which is our home"

 - a lovely quote from Langston Hughes that ends the book too