John Lithgow

That’s John Lithgow with the chorus for the famous Jimmy Durante number “Inka Dinka Doo.” It’s on a new CD of upbeat sing-along songs for kids and their families called The Sunny Side of the Street.

You’re hearing part of the sung version of John Lithgow’s bouyant new children’s book, I’m a Manatee, with illustrations by Ard Hoyt.

That’s Mort Schindel, the founder and guiding spirit of Weston Woods Studios, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

That’s John Lithgow reading the opening from his new picture book, Micawber, the story of a squirrel who is smitten by great art and who studies the paintings in the Metropolitan Museum from his vantage point on the roof, peeking in through the skylight windows.