The third CD in Just Me! Music’s popular product line includes 19 “wiggly” tracks. It features nine great Wiggles songs and 10 interactive story parts where The Wiggles, Captain Feathersword and Dorothy the Dinosaur talk directly to the child. In fact, the child’s name is heard about 40 times throughout the CD. This product is now available in retail stores through a touch-screen, listening and burning station.

As the story goes, Martians visited Earth over a thousand years ago, but thought it was boring. There was no Internet, no video games, no pizza - nothing to do! As the great red planet approached the Earth in the Fall of 2003, a band of four Martians made a return visit and landed in Hollywood, Calif. Now they're back and they're here to stay, rockin' out to tunes like "That Thing You Do" and "That's Why." This pop band performs live and is comprised of four young teenage females.

With all the stresses on families today, there’s barely enough time to talk, let alone play. Jim Gill has built a career on the combination of music and play, and has seen how the two can bring parents and kids together. With his fifth CD, “Moving Rhymes for Modern Times,” Gill creates a perfect give-and-take environment that encourages parent/ child interaction with bouncy melodies and clever rhymes. The CD will be available early in 2006.

Stay-at-home Atlanta dad John Boydston pioneered the kids rock phenomenon 9 years ago. Now he’s about to release a new CD of hip three-chord songs that cover the “three C’s” of his life: carpooling, coaching and cleaning. His own kids play backup on a kid-pop version of The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Also included is the rockin’ “For Kids About to Walk (We Salute You).” This CD will be available in May 2006.

Madacy Latino, a leader in children’s musical products for the Hispanic and English speaking markets, has partnered with Scholastic Media to produce and market branded music products based on the top-rated "Maya & Miguel" series on PBS KIDS GO! Madacy Latino plans to release several English and Spanish Maya & Miguel musical CDs in 2006. The initial release, "Best Friends," is a collection of 14 timeless, toe-tapping tunes that celebrate the wonders of friendship, including such favorites as “Happy Together,” “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” “Imagine,” “We Are the World” and “You’ve Got a Friend.” Newly recorded by the successful children’s band, The Tweens, “Best Friends” will be available in stores nationwide March 28, 2006. It runs approximately 45 minutes.

Hap Palmer has been recording children's CDs since the late '60s. This new CD includes Hap singing 12 of his most popular songs in Spanish. It includes a bilingual teaching guide with lyrics and activities in Spanish and English so children can learn both languages. A few songs on the CD include: "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," "What a Miracle" and "Five Little Monkeys."

Juanita is one of the USA's rising star singer/composers of Mexican and Latin American music. A Yale music graduate from Mexico, she has six prize-winning CDs and three songbooks to her credit. She’s been called the "High Priestess of Operachi" by HispanicPress.org. "Paz y Alegria" (Peace and Joy) sends a holiday message of joy featuring 42 minutes of highly rhythmic and festive Latin American villancicos (Christmas songs) and originals penned by Juanita in contemporary style, for all ages. She sings bilingually with cumbias, lando, reggeton, cha-cha-cha, vals and more. Launch date: December 2005.

The Wiggles preschool band wiggles its way into the little-kid zeitgeist with topical tunes such as “I Want to Wear the Jacket” and “I’m a Cow.” This 37:10 minute CD will have children screaming, “It’s just so me-me-me-me!” Launch date: January 2006.

Give children the creative and educational jumpstart on learning world languages that will last a lifetime. The second title in the series from Teach Me… will take them through the year and celebrate the seasons and months of the year, take a visit to a farm, enjoy a picnic, explore museums and celebrate holidays as they learn new songs and phrases. Available in 9 languages, including: Chinese, French, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian. Book comes with CD, $15.95 each.

Expose children of all ages to multicultural languages through music and stories. Help them learn numbers, the alphabet, days of the week, and everyday phrases, while singing fun and familiar songs to reinforce the language they are learning. The original award- winning Teach Me… series, available in 10 languages, including: Chinese, French, English, Hebrew, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian. Book comes with CD, $15.95 each.

What do you do with a lost baby star who misses his nana? One little girl knows just what to do: become Nana Star! The adventure begins when a little girl finds a tiny star in a pile of leaves one day while she’s out playing. He’s scared, barely twinkling, and he wants his nana. She promises to bring him home, but it won’t be easy—he lives high up in the heavens. Join Nana Star as she sets out on the magical journey to return the baby star to his home. The character-building Nana Star series encourages compassion and generosity in a simple, imaginative manner accessible to the littlest listeners. STORYTIME CD INSIDE EVERY NANA STAR SERIES PICTURE BOOK! Hear the story and sing along with each character’s theme song! (Written by Elizabeth Sills and Elena Patrice, Illustrated by Linda Saker)

This 26-minute video introduces children to numbers and shapes through traditional Spanish children's songs and nursery rhymes. This entertaining, Spanish language video teaches the words for shapes and numbers 1 through 10 with the help of catchy sing-alongs, traditional music and instruments, toys, puppets and the playful assistance of other children. This video is also available in VHS format for $12.99.

This CD helps children to learn Spanish through music. With playful, melodious songs, such as "Cuando Tengas Muchas Ganas" and "La Feria de San Juan," children will come to sing along and understand the lyrics as they go. Parents will want to join in as well.

The Magic of Mozart is a fun, creative and educational way to introduce children to the works of Mozart, who turns 250 this year. The 2 disk set contains a CD Rom packed with entertaining games and a CD of some of Mozart’s best known works such as Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Symphony No 40 and Piano Concerto No 21. Users will enhance their memory, listening and thinking skills while they delight in playing the innovative music games. Awards include iParenting Media Award 2006 Excellent Products Call and Teacher’s Choice Family Award, 2006.

This rockin' kids album from San Francisco-based Charity and the JAMband includes 13 songs for a total running time of just over 40 minutes. This fun family album includes such boppin' songs as, "We Need Mud" and "Towel Tango." This album encourages kids to create their own funky dance moves as they get down and silly. It's a winner of a 2006 Parents' Choice Gold Award and a Childrens' Music Web Gold Award. Launch date: February 14, 2006.

Award-winning independent children’s recording artist and “From Good Homes” member Brady Rymer exuberantly celebrates the playground that is childhood in “Every Day Is a Birthday.” Rocking out in undiluted fun, with a dozen contrasting grooves supported by Rymer’s guitar playing, vocals, precision backup singers, the disk is pure Brady Rymer at his joyful best. Presenting some big ideas about love of community and shared experiences, the CD manages to also honor the natural ebullience and creativity of children. This CD follows Brady’s multiple award-winning 2004 release, “I Found It!” which was described by the Chicago Tribune’s Monica Eng as “one of the finest new kid rock CDs I’ve heard this year.” “Every Day Is A Birthday” is due out in February 2006.

This rollickin' goodtime CD encourages children to read through the use of fun songs that educate children on a number of literacy-related concepts. Kids learn sentence structure, vocabulary building, listening, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyming, letter knowledge, print awareness, word families and more. Fun-time songs abound from "When You Get the Giggles" to "Five Huge Dinosaurs."

A collection of 25 preschool songs guaranteed to get everyone singing and learning. Through fun songs with witty lyrics, children will learn colors, shapes, counting, letter recognition and more. A must for any classroom or home. Songs include: Count Your Fingers, My Big Red Ball, Circle Song, and more! Lyrics are included for sing-along fun!

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"Silly Sally On The Go" is guaranteed to keep kids entertained and engaged. This CD is non stop fun with a blend of 13 original songs and remixes of kids classic favorites. The songs are action-oriented and the CD comes with a movement guide. This is a great resource for parents and teachers who are looking for something new and different to help children stay active through dancing, singing and exercising. Silly Sally is working on a new CD to be released for the 2006 holiday season. Stay tuned to TDmonthly Magazine for more details as they emerge.

When his friend Erik was ill with cancer, 6-year-old Skyler Pia wanted to cheer him up. So he did what most kids his age only dream about: he went into his dad's studio and, off the top of his head, hosted a radio show. Skyler's charming world music show features international songs from five Putumayo Kids CDs and information about the artists and cultures. Skyler's parents were so proud of his work that they shared his recording with everyone they knew, including Bonnie Raitt - a longtime fan of Putumayo World Music. She suggested that they send the show to Putumayo founder Dan Storper, who loved it so much he decided to release it as a specially-priced CD. The result is One World, One Kid, a benefit CD with all of Putumayo's proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Skyler picked the Make-A-Wish Foundation because they had helped his friend Erik and he wanted to make sure others benefited as well. The CD will be available in late January.

This fun album marks Vanessa Trien’s entry into the world of children’s music. Hot Air Balloon is a get-up-and-dance mix of blues, pop, bluegrass, acoustic folk, country, Chuck Berry-style rock ‘n’ roll and Harry Belafonte-esque tropical sounds, all tied together with Vanessa Trien’s clear, lyrical, easy-to-sing-along-with voice and creative lyrics that go right to the heart of children’s imaginations. Hot Air Balloon has won the following awards since its January 2006 release:  a Parents' Choice Foundation Silver Award, an iParenting Media Award for Excellent Products, and, most recently, a National
Assocation of Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Award.

Ten of Bach’s best-loved compositions have been specially arranged and optimized for a baby's sensitive ears and will help with emotional, intellectual and physical development. The CD is due to arrive on September 16, 2006. Also coming soon are the CDs "Lovely Baby Mozart" and "Lovely Baby Beethoven."

National Parks Trivia is a game for your car stereo or portable CD player that tests you on your knowledge about America's national parks. Three choices are given for each answer, but players get extra points for answering before hearing all of the choices. All the trivia questions have a music background for a pleasant listening experience. Kids can play it by themselves, at a party or on the next long family outing. The manufacturer said that this product fits well into the specialty market because the CDs can be modified to reflect region. They can add feature sections to our trivia games with an additional trivia track of 8 to 10 questions that are specific to the location of the retailer. For example, feature sections can be added to the existing National Parks CD to help market some of the smaller national parks. The cover of the jewel case would highlight the feature section in that game. Also available are College Football Hall of Fame, Civil War, Travel the USA, US History and educational versions K-5.

Bingo Records takes classic and time-tested songs that adults know and love, and remakes them in a totally kid-friendly way. This is a magical CD for kids to enjoy together with their parents and other grown-ups. This CD contains 15 all new recordings of great Beatles songs authentically re-created, but with children performing the vocal arrangements. All of the songs are appropriate for all ages. The musical production is of the highest quality. This CD has received rave reviews from kids, parents, educators and music industry professionals, as well as two 2005 Children’s Music Web Awards for best CD of the year. This is the first release in a new series of CDs designed for kids who love singing and listening to the voices of other children, and also for adults, so they don’t have to hear the same old kiddie songs over and over again.