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Pete Seeger released 28 songs and stories about animals on two short LP records in 1955 to an enthusiastic audience. Ever since, they have been sung by generations of parents, grandparents, and children. The two original releases have been combined on this single CD creating an irresistible collection of songs to sing along with, to draw pictures about, to play hand games to, and to be enjoyed by the entire family.
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 Soothing yet happy beautiful songs with history |
| Review Date: March 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Lula McBride, New York City |
My one year old son has responded strongly to this cd since he was a few months old. I think young children need simple arrangements and vocals to really absorb the narration and truly hear the music. I also love that he and I both are learning classic American folk songs; it's important for each generation to keep those songs alive.
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disappointing
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| Review Date: December 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Ascher I. Levy, |
| Although highly rated, I found the songs pretty monotonous. Most importantly, my daughter, who loves most music, was bored. Maybe in its day this was great children's music, but there's much better music available now for kids. |
You'll enjoy it also!
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| Review Date: December 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Grandma Gig, |
| I purchased this CD for my grandchildren, ages 4 & 6. They are music and animal lovers and this CD was a huge hit. They sang, danced, and acted out the songs with stuffed animals. The songs are simple folk tunes with melodies and words that are fun for all ages. |
Fantastic - even adults love this!
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| Review Date: December 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Avid Reader, |
| I think most would agree with me: most children's CDs are irritating to adults. Not this one. The whole family loves and laughs at these songs. Pete Seeger is peerless and his voice and playing are perfect for these humorous songs. I especially love the "little bird fly through my window" song with its quick-changing rhythms (9/8 then back to 4/4 I think) and "buy molasses candy" apropos of nothing. The top 4 CDs for a toddler are (in no particular order): this one, Peter Paul & Mommy (not the "live" one but the studio one), "Good Night" (visualization stories) by Jim Weiss, and (a little less appealing to adults but toddlers love it) Best of Elmo. |
Who Speaks To Children and Not For Them
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| Review Date: October 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: P. Costello, |
Pete Seeger is, to my mind, one of the first musicians who really speaks to children, not in a condescending way, not in a repressive, angry way, not in a sugary I'd-like-to-make-money-off-you way. Seeger may have been forced into children's music because of McCarthyism, but he definitely took it as an opportunity to show children that they were fully deserving of his, and everyone else's, attention.
There is no way that a parent can ever go wrong by playing Pete Seeger's music...that is, if that parent wants to have a self-determined, happy child, and if that parent is committed to playing music that models self-determination, community, and engagement.
And, for the sake of the rest of us, it would help if parents sang these whenever they played them. So that, in the years to come, the songs did not die out as an interesting, but powerless detour on the road towards dis-integration. Sing, sing a song. Make it simple. To last your whole life long. |
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