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Disappointing for the series

Linda A. Kidwell | Laramie, WY | 06/27/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this CD for the kids because we LOVED the "Celebration of Song" and "Celebration of Rock & Roll" albums from the same series. This one, however, was a real disappointment. Very few of the songs are good for singing along, and the lyrics of several of the songs are unintelligle. The producers have used a lot of filler (e.g., three tracks of "Be kind to your web-footed friends," none of them good), and some obvious classics are missing. Overall very disappointing! There are a few bright spots, however. My kids love Cheech, the School Bus Driver and there's a great track from Buckwheat Zydeco's children's album."

If you have a toddler child, you might grow to like it!

N. T. Penalba Ostman | NH, USA | 08/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Aug 2001:



This is definitely a collection of silly songs and should be taken for what it is -- it is simply for kids, not for pleasing an adult. I bought this (and several other CDs) when I was pregnant to test a variety of music for our baby who was in-utero. In the beginning, I liked a few of the songs right away, the others I did not.



After our baby was born (1-8 weeks old) we played this CD for him while he was awake and/or asleep (sometimes he would wake up if we stopped playing it). He responded to it by making little noises and concentrating gestures. Then the CD got put away during a house move and I recently dug it out of the box and replayed it, at this time, our baby has grown into a 1.5 yr old toddler. It immediately became very obvious that he still remembers many of the songs and he is still responding well to certain ones (the turtle song -Tiny Tim, Three Little Fishies, They All Asked for You, Shake My Sillies Out). For example, everytime he finds his stuffed turtle in his bathroom toy drawer or if he sees a turtle in any of his books, he starts waving his hands signaling to us that he wants to hear the Tiny Tim song -- either sung to him (we've heard it so many times we got it memorized) or played from the CD. When this first happened (we did not know what he really wanted since he is still learning to speak), he dragged us to the garage making some kind of music conductor gestures -- it turned out he remembered that the CD was in the car, and he wanted to hear the music before he would go night-night!





Sep 2008:



This CD has been stored away for over 4 years, since we've moved across the country, but is available on our audio server and can be called up as needed. Our child moved on to other types of music by age 2 but he definitely still remembers many of the songs in this collection and it still brings back good memories."

Silliest songs is not engagin

Maryanne Bell | tacoma, wa USA | 09/03/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"If your 2 year old is a fan of RAffi and Laurie Berkner and Toddlers Storytime/Playtime et al - this will be a ho hummer. It's too bad the compilation isn't more engaging and tends to swing between too wide an age range to be worth the investment. 50% nice songs and 50% blahs"