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38 Award-Winning Music CDs

NAPPA 2008 Award-Winning Music CDs

By John Wood

 

Wow, what a playlist of terrific music we have received for this year’s highly competitive NAPPA competition! All the entries have a common bond: a love and compassion for children and for the world in which we live. Remember, many CDs have added features when played on a computer, so don’t miss out on some fun "Easter Eggs."

 

Putumayo Kids African Dreamland

NAPPA Icon Key

Best Bang for the Buck

Best Bang for the Buck

Family Fun

Family Fun

Top Pick

Top Pick

Gold Winner

Honors Winner

 

Lullabies

 

Down at the Sea Hotel (collection) Family Fun

Putumayo Kids African Dreamland (collection)

Stardust, by Cher & Gene Klosner

As You Drift Away – Lullabies On Guitar, by Alex DeGrassi

Half Moon – Songs for Sleepy Beings, by Gretchen Eichberger

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby
Renditions of Green Day (collection)

Two Flowers, by Danielle Sansone

 

For Toddlers & Up

 

Best Pals – Kathy & Janet Lennon Sing
Their Favorite Childhood Songs, by Kathy & Janet Lennon

It’s A Gymboree Party, by Parachute Express

Tall as a Tree, by Hullabaloo

Favorite Children’s Songs/Canciones
Favoritas Para Niños
(collection)

Hawaiian Playground (collection)

Let the Sun Shine, by Bill Currier

Little Groove – Building Blocks, by Sara Wheeler

Rainbows, Railroads & Rhymes, by Anne Meeker Miller

 

For Preschoolers & Up

 

Family Tree, by Frances England

Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, by Brady Rymer

I’m Growing, by Gunnar Madsen Family Fun

Pop Fly, by Justin Roberts

Snacktime, by the Barenaked LadiesTop Pick

Very Derryberry, by Debi Derryberry

A Treasure in My Garden (collection)

Alphabet Rockers, by Kaitlin McGaw and Dawn Richardson

Camp Lisa, by Lisa Loeb

Electric Storyland!, by the Sippy Cups

New Orleans Playground (collection)

We All Live Downstream, by the Banana Slug String Band

When You Smile, by Eric Ode


For Ages 4 & Up

 

Big Round World, by Trout Fishing in AmericaTop Pick

Experience … 101, by Sweet Honey in the Rock

Yes to Running, by Bill Harley

Gather, by Susan Reed

I Love to Talk to Plants, by Marla Lewis

Music for a Green Planet, by Hayes Greenfield

Rockin’ the Yeehaw, by the BummKinn Band


For Ages 9 & Up

 

Family Album – New Music with Guitar, Vol. 7, by David Starobin

Outside the Lines Music: Songs About Playing, by Brad Burg

Super Pal Universe EP, by Sara Hickman's Super Pal Universe


NEW! John Wood will be joined in 2009 by our new music judge, Tor Hyams. Check out what Tor has to say about our 2008 winners and trends in children's - and family - music today!

Return to NAPPA 2008 Award Winners

NAPPA's Barbara Smith Decker demos some great gift ideas from NAPPA's Parenting Resource winners, plus "Family Fun" and "Best Bang for the Buck" winners from the Children's Products competition.


 

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