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This lively collection sizzles with cheerful animation and energetic youngsters in 30 minutes of captivating kid-vid entertainment. Hap Palmer sings 10 original, upbeat tunes based on comforting themes of family, home, and play. The songs seamlessly flow from one to the next, offering viewers a soothing transition from playtime to quiet time. Its target audience is the preschool crowd who will squeal with delight as they watch a chimpanzee clad in a pink bib ("Sitting in a High Chair"), or kids holding on tightly to their daddies' necks for rousing horse rides ("Daddy Be a Horsie"). This video is a reissue of an earlier (1987) title of the same name. The newer, reconfigured program has dropped a couple of earlier songs (regarding monsters and witches) and replaced them with more benign selections, including the excellent "Big Things Come from Little Things." The series has received numerous awards for good reason; expect repeat play and sing-along song recognition. (Ages 1 to 5)
--Lynn Gibson