Toddler

Sara Hickman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Big Kids Productions
• ASIN: B00005MCW8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters
  • #48 in Music > Children's Music > Stories
  • #77 in Music > World Music > Middle East > Israel

Track Listings

1. Get Up, Everybody

2. Ten Little Bubbles

3. Walking, Walking

4. Mr. Kawasaki (the wok song)

5. Remember Your Name and Address

6. Hey There Little Insect

7. Up in a Tree a Kookaburra Sat

8. Waar is Mign dulfje

9. Oh, I Wish I Were a Fishy in the Sea

10. Storytime with Sara: Guinea Pig Story

11. Weenie Man

12. Bunnies

13. I Like My Boots

14. Bill Groggin's Goat

15. Frere Jacques

16. Duke of York

17. Junkyard

18. Gerbil

19. This Little Light of Mine

20. Pupu Hinuhinu

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Sara Hickman's spring-loaded Toddler plays like a 2-year-old's trip to the zoo. What's around the bend is anybody's guess, but because each creature is as kooky or adorable or exotic as the one that came before it, you can hardly wait to get there. Think of it as a 31-track grab-bag: "I Got You Babe," its lyrics modified from "I got you to wear my ring" to "I got you to push me on the swing," butts up against "Storytime with Tish Hinojosa," a spoken-word saga of feline demise and rat liberation; the 1930s safety song "Remember Your Name & Address" swings out soberly on the heels of "Mr. Kawasaki (the Wok Song)," a gastronomic gross-out detailing a stir-fry gone wrong; and a hip-hop take on "This Little Light of Mine" thumps along in the hands of guest vocalist MC Overlord before this CD shoves off to Hawaii for "Pupu Hinuhinu." Interspersed are more spoken-word tracks (someone called Mr. Peppermint takes a turn, as do Sara and other friends), old standbys like "Freres Jacques" and "Duke of York," and, with "Waar Is Mijn Dulfje (Where is My Baby Bird)" and the Hebrew "Hiney Rakavet," there are some stabs at toddler world music. Where most CDs that string together snatches of this and that collapse into catchalls--nothing special--Toddler stands steady on its feet, buoyed by Hickman's wit, spunk, and way with a song. Her's is a voice as warm and inviting as a best-loved blanket, calling to mind Karen Carpenter in calmer moments, and what she chooses to wrap it around will leave moms, dads, and tots hoping she takes this boringly titled series, which started with Newborn, all the way past Tween and College Kid to Old Geezer. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description

Sleeveless is Sara Hickman's very own groovy label

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Its Kind!, December 13, 2001

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Richard E. Upton (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toddler (Audio CD)

Sara Hickman adores children (especially her own!), and that love shines through in every track on this CD. It's a truly international collection, with songs in Dutch, French, Hawaiian and Hebrew, old traditional children's songs, Sara Hickman originals, reworkings of pop tunes, and more. Several guests appear on the CD, ranging from Tish Hinojosa to MC Overlord to lots of kids to Sara's husband Lance. The two "Storytime With Sara" tracks are cute at first, but don't stand up to repeated listenings, which is the only reason I gave "Toddler" four stars instead of five. But that's a minor quibble. There truly is something for everyone here. It is, by turns, funny, thought-provoking, fun and beautiful. Buy one for your own toddler, and you'll soon be buying more as gifts. You'll love it too, because Sara has one of the loveliest voices in popular music. Listen for yourself. You'll see!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Kid CD, November 2, 2006

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J. Coward "Not Who You Think" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toddler (Audio CD)

The warning i'm going to give is also the best reason to buy it! If you play this in your car for your 3 year old, you will never hear any other music besides this CD EVER again! Keep them happy! Buy it now! of course, there are one or two throw away tracks, but after the 20-something song, no one notices!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Barney Allowed, January 23, 2009

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M. Carlisle "Look & Listen" (Deep in the Heart of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toddler (Audio CD)

When I found out that Sara Hickman had put out a 'children's album' I had to buy it.

At the time, my daughter was just moving into the toddler stage. Music often fills our home (luckily with my wife's voice--not mine). However, with Sara's infectious songs and the simple sing-ability of this CD the house fills with my voice as well.

We have purchased this CD (along with "Newborn") for a family friend, and it has quickly become a favorite. Heck, even at our house 8 years later my daughter will pop out with the occasional song from this CD.

A very enjoyable family album.