Music Does A Body Good
Got a picky eater? No matter their food aversions, you can
feed your little ones a steady diet of high-quality music! No more of that musical junk food, this is the good stuff!
Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground is a smorgasbord of delicious music from all over the world.
Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground kicks off with a laid-back ditty, “I Like To Eat Like a Rainbow.” This song has stayed stuck in my head for days on end without driving me insane. I’d say that is the mark of a great children’s song.
Other songs on the album come to us from around the world; places like Australia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Canada and Trinidad.
This music is the perfect backdrop for a relaxing and nourishing meal, whether your dining on Bolitas de Arroz con Pollo, or just Bowl of Cherries .
The liner notes are printed in English, French, and Spanish.
It is hard for me to pick a favorite song on this one: I definitely love the Caribbean flair of Ice Cream, but then there is the toe-tapping goodness of Shoo Fly Pie. And I just can’t quit “I Like To Eat Like A Rainbow”.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground will be donated to Vitamin Angels, an organization that reduces child mortality worldwide by connecting essential vitamins with infants and children under five.
I’m raising two Putumayo Kids, and I’m sad we missed out on their summer concert series!
Hot Peas ‘n Butter are dishing out some tasty tunes on Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol with a family-friendly mix of Latin -Caribbean tunes.
When you listen to these lovely tunes, which range in style from Merengue to Puerto Rican Bomba, you just gotta move!
And you can boogie to a mix of Spanish and English vocals. Internationally groovin’!
Peter Himmelman brings art and whimsy with his album My Trampoline, a new summer release from new family music label, Minivan Productions.
My Trampoline has something for parents and kids alike. My personal favorite is the song, “Are There Any Kids Named Steve Anymore?”, but there are also tunes about an African leopard tortoise named King Ferdinand, trees, flowers, and a picky eater named Peter (I wonder if this one is autobiographical?).
Peter Himmelman hosts a live weekly web broadcast called Furious World , and the new “Peter Himmelman’s Curious World” webcasts will debut on Sept 27th on the Land of Nod website.
Congratulations are in order to the talented artists who were winners in the NAPPA Awards for 2009!
GOLD Award winners
Banjo to Beatbox - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
My Trampoline - Peter Himmelman
Soulville - Kevin Salem producer, Little Monster Records
HONORS winners
European Playground - Putumayo Kids
In the Kid Zone - Asheba
Happy Accidents - Billy Jonas
Pink - Rocknoceros
Somersault Season - Laura Freeman
Good news! I have copies of My Trampoline, Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol , and Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground to giveaway!
1.) To enter to win, leave a comment letting me know which CD (My Trampoline, or Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol , or Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground) you want to win and why! If you want to win more than one, leave a separate comment for each.
Please don’t just comment with “Enter me” or “Sounds great”. That totally annoys me. Those entries are not eligible to win.
Three winners (one for each title!) will be chosen by random number generator.
This giveaway is open to those with a US mailing address.
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28 August 2009, 7:33 pm
I would love the “Best of the Bowl” CD - I served a mission in Puerto Rico so I’ve always had a love for that place, the culture, and especially the MUSIC! And I’ve been trying to teach my little girls some spanish. i would guess that this would help them out!
28 August 2009, 7:34 pm
I’m a subscriber!
29 August 2009, 11:49 am
I would love to win Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground. This sounds like it has a great variety of music and my daughter not only loves music but she loves to dance to it too!
nhmummab@comcast.net
29 August 2009, 11:51 am
I would love to win the Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol also. I love Caribbean music, it has great uplifting beats and I know my daughter would love it too!
nhmummab@comcast.net
29 August 2009, 11:51 am
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29 August 2009, 12:41 pm
My Trampoline! We call my 3-year old grandson Jumpin’ Joah. He loves the neighbors outdoor trampoline so we got him a small one with handlebars for indoors. He turns on his music, holds on to those bars and jumps so high that his legs are higher in the air than his head!
29 August 2009, 12:42 pm
My Trampoline would be my choice. Entry 2 … I’m an email subscriber.
29 August 2009, 12:45 pm
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/slmiresse/status/3624264477
I’d like to win My Trampoline
29 August 2009, 7:58 pm
I would like to win My Trampoline for my 4 year old son. Thanks to Kids Place Live on XM Satelight radio, he already has very distinguished tastes in music! The other day they featured Peter Himmelman songs and my son went nutso.
29 August 2009, 7:59 pm
I am an email subscriber. (My Trampoline entry #2)
29 August 2009, 8:03 pm
Picnic Playground sounds like something that my 4 year old would like. He only gets an hour a day of tv, so the rest of the time is filled with various kids music cd’s. He loves to sing and dance and this one sounds like you could do both!
30 August 2009, 1:49 am
My trampoline would be my first choice. It sounds like a fun CD and my kids would enjoy.
30 August 2009, 1:50 am
email subscriber
30 August 2009, 1:51 am
I think my kids would also enjoy the picnic playground. The cover alone looks like fun.
30 August 2009, 6:05 pm
I’d like the Picnic Playground because it incorporates many different cultures.
30 August 2009, 6:05 pm
I’m an e-mail subscriber.
31 August 2009, 3:24 am
I would like to win my trampoline because it is hard to find music that I won’t mind listening to with my kids. This one sounds good!
31 August 2009, 3:25 am
I would also like to win the Picnic Playground CD. I think it would be great to use music to teach my kids to eat the right foods!
01 September 2009, 5:48 pm
Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground, I like different styles of music for my kids.
01 September 2009, 6:35 pm
My Trampoline would be perfect for my nephew
01 September 2009, 6:36 pm
i subscribe
02 September 2009, 1:14 am
I would love to win Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground because my daughter is not an easy child but she loves music and this is one I have not heard of but it sounds good.
02 September 2009, 2:15 am
I’d love to win My Trampoline because it sounds most interesting to me and it was a gold award winner :). Thanks for a chance to win.
02 September 2009, 2:33 am
I’m already a subscriber. I’m interested in this giveaway.
02 September 2009, 7:01 pm
I like my Trampoline! That looks like a ton of fun and I love the sounds! I have the Putomya African lullaby CD.. love it!
02 September 2009, 7:01 pm
I am a google reader subscriber
02 September 2009, 8:12 pm
I’d like to win the My Trampoline CD because it’s one that I don’t yet have. Thanks for the giveaway!
02 September 2009, 8:13 pm
I’d like to win the Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol CD so I can gift it to my daughter.
02 September 2009, 8:13 pm
I’d like to win the Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground so I can gift it to my daughter.
02 September 2009, 8:15 pm
I subscribe via email (sunnyview99 at gmail dot com)!
02 September 2009, 8:16 pm
I stumbled (sunnyview99)!
02 September 2009, 8:17 pm
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02 September 2009, 8:18 pm
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02 September 2009, 8:20 pm
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03 September 2009, 4:07 am
I like to win the best of the bowl because I have a lot of spanish friends that would enjoy this when they come to visit
03 September 2009, 4:08 am
I think my daughter would enjoy the trampoline the most
03 September 2009, 4:09 am
I like the picnic playground because it has music from all cultural backgrounds.
03 September 2009, 3:54 pm
We are earnestly exerting ourselves to help our daughter be fluently bilingual, so we would love the Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol CD! Thanks so much!
03 September 2009, 4:41 pm
I would love to win the Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground! The whole Putumayo series of CDs is fabulous!
03 September 2009, 4:43 pm
I’d love to win My Trampoline! Peter Himmelman’s songs are great and his Furious World clever!
03 September 2009, 4:44 pm
I subscribe via email!
03 September 2009, 4:45 pm
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/amweeks/status/3737054271
04 September 2009, 10:30 am
I would like to win Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground , my granddaughter loves music and i think she would enjoy the variety on this.
04 September 2009, 8:25 pm
my nephew would love my trampoline!
05 September 2009, 1:32 pm
I would love to win Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground cause it sounds like fun.
05 September 2009, 2:06 pm
good for the kids
05 September 2009, 2:35 pm
I would love to win the Hot Peas ‘n Butter CD. I’m traveling with my sister-in-law and our 5 kids to Argentina in 8 weeks (I read your flying with kids posts like a student taking notes!) and I’d love to expose them to some Spanish music before we go!
05 September 2009, 2:38 pm
I’ve been following you on facebook, but I just subscribed!
05 September 2009, 2:43 pm
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05 September 2009, 8:26 pm
Picnic Playground because it has songs from all over the world.
05 September 2009, 8:30 pm
Putumayo for my nieces!
05 September 2009, 11:16 pm
Tough choice! I’ve heard great reviews of Putumayo Kids, but I’m gonna pick Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol - I like the mix of languages there…
janemaritz at yahoo dot com
06 September 2009, 2:31 am
I would like to win Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground). I do not know why; I have just heard of them before. Thank you
06 September 2009, 2:33 am
I am an email subscriber. Thanks
06 September 2009, 3:22 am
I’d love to win My Trampoline because it sounds like a great CD–especially with all the award winners! I’m always looking for something to listen to with my son and granddaughter and this sounds like a winner! Thank you for the contest!
06 September 2009, 3:25 am
I’d like to win the Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol CD because my son is learning Spanish in school and I think this would help him learn better.
06 September 2009, 3:27 am
I’d like to win the Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground CD because it sounds like a fun CD–especially for picky eaters like my son!
06 September 2009, 3:32 am
I’m an email subscriber!
06 September 2009, 4:00 pm
My Trampoline, This wouild be Great for my Great Grand Children!!
Thanks for the chance to win a Prize!
06 September 2009, 6:42 pm
I’d love Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground because we have several of the series (mostly adult ones but also a couple of kid ones) and they’re fun for both of us to listen to. I also emailed Putamayo to see if they’d come to Denver next year. We’re actually in Wyoming which seems like too far of a stretch to ask for, but Denver, totally doable!
06 September 2009, 6:43 pm
I’d also love Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol because I love listening to Spanish music and so does DS. This is a nice version of kids music. I enjoyed listening to the snippets on Amazon.
06 September 2009, 9:37 pm
i want Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol because we love the idea of speaking both languages!
06 September 2009, 9:40 pm
email subsriber
07 September 2009, 5:08 am
I want to win the My Trampoline CD because it sounds very fun!
07 September 2009, 5:09 am
I want to win the Best of the Bowl: Ingles y Espanol CD because it sounds very fun!
07 September 2009, 5:10 am
I want to win the Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground CD because it sounds very fun!
07 September 2009, 5:12 am
Putumayo Kids Presents: Picnic Playground WOULD BE NICE FOR MY GRANDSONS:)
07 September 2009, 5:12 am
I subscribed by email.
23 September 2009, 4:32 am
Thanks for this, great post. We love the putumayo kids range, fantastic way of introducing world music to children. Right now there is an exclusive offer from adventurebox http://www.adventureboxbooks.com definitely worth checking out, plus the adventurebox books make great educational aids. (they are in line with the national curriculum but highly interactive making learning fun)
07 November 2009, 3:26 am
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