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My Green Kite

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Both my children and I love this CD. Even if my little ones don't understand all the songs, they enjoy the rhythms. The songs are well written and well crafted and are a pleasure to listen to.

My Green Kite by Peter Himmelman is one of the best kids music CDs I have listened to. I found it at the library to begin with and loved it so much I had to buy it. I am a teacher and the kids I teach were wild about it. They love to dance and march around to the songs.

We love all of Peter Himmelman's kids CDs, but this is probably our favorite. Great tunes and lyrics. We've given it out as a gift and people rave about it.

My Green Kite is Himmelman's latest kids album and its a gem. Himmelman has a long and prolific eclectice career ranging from the power jangle of Alex Chilton like pop, to new and traditional Jewish music, to some modern folk to the occasional kids collection. Pulling together the tunefulness, playfulness, and best elements of XTC to They Might Be Giants, Himmelman puts together a thoroughly enjoyable set of tunes for all to enjoy. If the subject matter wasn't so endearingly simple and funny, he'd have a great release for us adults.

Fortunately for us, and our kids, Himmelman kept it for the kids. The title track, "My Green Kite", its simply great. The catchy chorus and cute air traffic control voice overs from the radio tower observing the kite of the song make it so much fun. Just as much fun on this album is "Feet" which as the title of most kids songs, suggests, is pretty easy to understand what the subject is.

Simple subject matters aside (afterall it is music for kids, not Radiohead) the voices, the tunes, the melody, and mood all make for enjoyable downloading for all, tonight.

We love this album. We purchased it for our baby, but we enjoy it too. My husband purchased it after hearing about it on NPR. I sing the "I love my feet" song all the time, it is just a great song. We have bought this album as a gift for others as well.

My daughter just got this disk for her 4th birthday, and we all love the album. The music is actually good, in stark contrast to most of the albums made for kids. The various songs sound a bit like Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, the Beatles. I recommend it.

The first 4 or 5 songs are wonderful- upbeat with clever lyrics. Many of these songs remind me a bit of Elvis Costello. My kids especially cannot get enough of "My Feet" and "My Green Kite".

Near the end of the CD, though, the songs are slower and not nearly as catchy as the ones in the beginning.

I appreciate Peter's ability to mix up tempco and style, but some just didn't hit the mark.