“Welcome to the World,” A Valentine for Newborns

You’re hearing the Baka Pygmie people from the forests of Cameroon with parents teaching their children a nursery rhyme about what the heart says.

Dan Zanes and Friends — Rockin’ Children’s Music

That ‘s Dan Zanes and the Rocket Ship Singers with Frank Loesser’s old standard, “Bushel and a Peck” from the CD “Rocket Ship Beach.”

John McCuthcheon’s WinterSongs

That’s John McCutcheon singing about “New Boots” from his “Wintersongs,” CD.

John Lithgow’s Marsupial Sue

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Lithgows-Marsupial-Sue.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/14/2002 John Lithgow’s Marsupial Sue Transcript John Lithgow is really on a roll, or should I say a hop — after his wonderful CD of a few years ago, “Singing in the Bathtub,” and his more recent book The Remarkable Farkle McBride, he’s brought […]

“Red’s in the Hood” and “Beanstock” — Hardly Grimm

That’s part of the theme song for Judy and David’s “Red’s in the Hood, A New Spin on Little Red Riding Hood” from The Children’s Group, a Canadian company that has been producing acclaimed classical music recordings for young people for more than a decade.

Singing the Year to Sleep

That’s part of a Lebanese lullaby sung by Ashraf Sweilam, in which a father comforts his child, the flower of his heart, weaving a soft blanket of his eye-lashes to cover the baby, the light of the child’s smile taking the place, for the father, of the very stars.

The Air Force Band’s Musical Storybook

That’s Raymond Jones narrating the opening of William Steig’s picture book, Solomon the Rusty Nail, with the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band from Langley Air Force Base in Viriginia playing an original score for the story by Master Sargent Aldo Forte.

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