CDs include:

Bright-Eyed And Bushy-Tailed

This CD is a National Association of Parenting Publications Award winner AND a Parents' Choice Award winner!

From the very first song, All Around The Kitchen, you can tell this CD is going to be contagious fun. Anne Meeker Miller's kitchen is apparently full of various animals and sounds and dancing of all kinds. Clearly it is a place you want to be.

The animals get bigger with a Grizzly Bear in the house. A blue-eyed bear that growls and hides under chairs. Anne introduces Swingin' On A Star to a new generation with our good friend Jim Cosgrove (Mr. Stinky Feet). The Konza Swamp Band joins the fun with a couple bluegrass tunes, The Crawdad Song and Old Bell Cow.

Kids love to hear other kids singing. This CD has some great songs for yours to join in with: Tingalayo (Run Me Little Donkey Run), Down On Grandpa's Farm, Oh A-Hunting We Will Go and The Animal Fair.

The Mockingbird (Hush Little Baby) is another familiar song presented here with a new and amazing arrangement AND a duet with Jeff Martin (Jeff has a voice like none other). The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) is ALWAYS a favorite. We predict you will not be able to stop yourself from singing along. Go ahead! You have our permission. Wee dee DEE dee dee...

The last song, The Sailing Ship, is designed to take your little one off to dreamland. If you listen carefully, you can hear the the buoys ringing and the masts creaking while the ship sets sail. How does this tie into our animal theme? Well, the captain happens to be a duck. You and your little one will love it!

Purchase:

If you would like to purchase a digital download of this music, it is available on CD Baby or iTunes.

Songs:

Reviews:

Drawing on animal-themed traditional music from the American south and Appalachias, Anne Meeker Miller and company adapt the songs to modern, very musical and intellegent arrangements playing "for" children instead of "at" them. The approach to the music is respectful and genuinely fun. Miller's selections, ripe for participation, are augmented by gratifying instrumentation and pleasant professional singing. source

By Lahri Bond - Lahri Bond is a father, a writer and the art director for Dirty Linen: The Magazine of Folk and World Music. His published books include Spinning Tales Weaving Hope (with the Stories For World Change Network) for New Society Press and People of the Earth (coauthored with Ellen Evert Hopman) for Destiny Books.

Awards:

The Parents' Choice Awards program honors the best material for children: books, toys, music and storytelling, magazines, software, videogames, television and websites. Parents' Choice Foundation's panels of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and, yes, kids themselves, identify the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels.

Now in its 18th year, NAPPA is the most comprehensive awards program for Children's Products and Parenting Resources. Our independent panel of judges are experts in their fields with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. They evaluate hundreds of products to select the most fun, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products so that parents can make the best purchasing choices for their families.