Songs in French for Children

Title: Songs in French for Children Artist: Lucienne Vernay with Les Quatres Barbus Date: Originally released in 1956 Style: Children’s music Mood: Upbeat, comical, fun, charming Good for: Learning French Although recorded in the 1950s, this album sounds just as current as any of the other children’s albums I’ve been listening to. Lucienne Vernay has [...]

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Family Time

Title: Family Time Artist: Ziggy Marley Date: 2009 Just a really fun children’s album. I loved the lyrics of Family Time, “Lift up your hearts with a smile, lift up your feet with a dance, lift up your spirits with a song …” This is followed by another happy tune with comical trombone accents in [...]

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Snacktime!

Title: Snacktime! Artist: Barenaked Ladies Year: 2008 Clever lyrics, catchy melodies, and as many cultural allusions as an episode of The Simpsons (including many Canadian allusions). One thing that impressed me is that the BNL were able to really get inside the world of a child. My Big Sister is about a boy who doesn’t [...]

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Disney/Pixar Greatest

Title: Disney/Pixar Greatest Guest artists: Randy Newman, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Sheryl Crow, Rascal Flatts, James Taylor, Camille, Peter Gabriel Composers: Randy Newman, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman If you like at least half of the movies on this CD — Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, [...]

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