Sing • Dance • Dream (MDC07, 2007) This latest release by children’s artist and music educator Debbie Carroll features traditional and original songs accompanied by fiddle, tuba, mandolin, Celtic harp, harmonica and even hurdy-gurdy. Guest musicians include Kathy Reid-Naiman, David Francey, Eve Goldberg, Sharlene Wallace, Ernie Tollar and others. Take a trip around the world with a bulging backpack of animal, sea, tree and travelling songs. Children – and their grownups – will want to listen again and again! Simply Beautiful for Merriweather Records was produced by award-winning Ken Whiteley.

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Giggle, Dance and Cuddle Songs for the Very Young (MDC03, 2003) | Includes 26 tracks and forty minutes of music for the very young. Songs and tunes are traditional and original – including themes such as animals, playtime, things in the house and the night-time sky. The CD comes with a booklet of lyrics and actions. Ken Whiteley, with his brilliant arrangements, immerses the collection in the influences of folk, gospel, blues, Cajun, olde-tyme, Celtic and world music. The result is a toe-tapping, sing-along, rockabye collection which is beautifully childlike, and which will be enjoyed by the very young and their grownups alike.

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Enormously enjoyable songs and rhymes for playtimes with babies, tots, pre-school and primary grades. This little book of new and traditional songs and rhymes is overflowing with fingerplay fun and imagination! A resource for parents, caregivers, teachers, children’s librarians and early childhood educators. Debbie’s newest project follows her two award-winning CDs for young children – Up and Over the Moon! and Simply Beautiful. Written and collected by Debbie Carroll; illustrated by cartoonist, illustrator and author Patricia Storms. Audio CD performed by Debbie Carroll and Ken Whiteley, produced by Ken Whiteley. Debbie Carroll, Patricia Storms and The Eensy Weensy Book of Little Fingerplays were all made in Canada.

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