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A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.

Songs about children playing in the schoolyard, sisters braiding each other's hair at the beach, and parents dancing late into the night mesh together thanks to the music. A wide array of styles--nursery rhymes from Gabon, lullabies from Cape Verde, and rumbas from the Congo--are performed in more than a dozen languages. Luminous artwork and homegrown instruments round off this wonderful celebration of history, language, and culture. Lyrics appear...

"A mother tells her baby how she would care for it if it were a bunny, a kitten, or other animal infant; she then sings a lullaby about each baby animal." --

A lullaby in which a parent, while knitting a blanket for a child, describes the dreams of each of the objects pictured in the blanket.

Heidi Siegell helps children find calm in their day and peaceful slumber at bedtime by helping listeners to embark on a musical journey of guided imagery and gentle music.

A parent describes, in rhyming text, the beauty of the world on the day a young child is born.

A lullaby spoken to the soon-to-be-asleep Emily.