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If they started passing out prizes to kids' musicians who keep it simple, Laurie Berkner would have a closetful. Her pared-down acoustic songs, with their goofball lyrics and fizzy delivery, have won her a cult following of 2- to 6-year-olds in New York. She's also taken her live show shtick (involving stuffed-animal festooned hairdos) national, performing on the
Today show and at the White House. For her first foray into video, she follows the same homespun strategy.
Laurie Berkner's Video Songbook is little more than a concert framed in an onscreen storybook. It culls the fan favorites ("Victor Vito" and "We Are the Dinosaurs" among them, plus some new songs) and pairs them with simple animation and whiz-bang inter-song vignettes. For a low-budget flick, a lot is being offered here. Laugh-along interactive numbers and a playful vibe make this a songbook worthy of more than a few flip-throughs.
--Tammy La Gorce
Product Description
This video has received a Parenting Magazine Video Magic Award (ages 2-6); a Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award; a Telly Bronze Award and a Kids First! Endorsement.
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