There has been increased interest during the past decade in combining music and children's literature in the elementary school. In addition to the apparent cognitive benefits, the current school climate has encouraged cross-curricular interactions, and many music specialists and classroom teachers see the music-literature connection as an accessible, successful way to accomplish this. This article presents various avenues by which aesthetic responses may be increased through combining music and children's literature in the music classroom. These include exploring works that represent the same period in history, portray similar cultures, address comparable themes or topics (e.g., Civil War, animals, persons), or simply represent a related feeling or mood. The music-literature pairing activity suggestions and accompanying resource list are divided into three areas: (1) historical connections, (2) thematic connections, and (3) emotional connections.