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NAPPA 2009 Award-Winning Music CDs

By John Wood and Tor Hyams

 

The quest goes on to find a satisfying mix of new voices and experienced professional children’s artists that have the wow-can’t-wait-to-hear-that-again-factor! We think you’ll be happy with all the winners of this year’s 2009 NAPPA Awards!

Get the inside scoop on John’s reflections on choosing music that will always stay with kids and
Tor’s take on NAPPA winners that reflect the New Wave in family music. 

Putumayo Kids African Dreamland

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Best Bang for the Buck

Family Fun

Family Fun

Top Pick

Top Pick

Animal_Lovers

Animal Lovers

Gold Winner

Honors Winner

 

Lullabies

 

Celeste Sings: Kids Dream, Dana Anton

Songs From the Garden of Eden, various artists

The Ultimate Lullaby Collection, various artists $$

Lulla-Beddie-Bye, Auntie Snow

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Eric & Susan Davis

The Moon Is Hiding: Lullabies for the Young and Young At Heart, Vesta Wells Johnson

 

For Toddlers & Up

 

Kids in the City, Laura Doherty

Soulville, various artists

There’s A Train, Bill Currier

In the Kid Zone, Asheba

Kitty Vacation, Juliette McDonald

Partout où les enfants chantent, Jack Grunsky

Rocketship Run, The Laurie Berkner Band

Somersault Season, Laura Freeman


For Ages 4 & Up

Aventura Collage, Mariana Iranzi

Banjo To Beatbox, Cathy & Marcy

My Trampoline, Peter Himmelman

Road To Rock, The Boogers Family Fun

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Radio Show Family Fun

Baby Banana, Debi Derryberry

European Playground, various artists

For Those About To Hop, Imagination Movers

Happy Accidents, Billy Jonas

Meltdown, Lanny Sherwin

Pink! Rocknoceros

Robot Dance, Mr. Leebot

The Baby Grands

The Time Machine, The Sippy Cups


For Ages 9 & Up

 

American Heroes #3, Jonathan Sprout

¡Canta Mi Son! Juanita Ulloa

Good Things Happen! Les Julian

Multiplication Mountain, Hap Palmer

Zooboogie! Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band paw print


Return to NAPPA 2009 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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