Johnette Downing’s Award-Winning Music-CDs

Family Choice Award 2005 Nappa Honors Award 2003 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Parents' Choice Recommended Parent's Guide Children's Media Award National Parenting Publication Awards Parents' Choice Approved Family Review Gold Seal  

 

Reading Rocks!

UPC #885757373235
Item # JD10

From Bluegrass to Rock music, this audio is a singing-story time gone fun. Featuring songs, finger plays, poems, stories and readings from several of Johnette's beloved picture books, READING ROCKS! is sure to get children rolling into books and rocking into reading!

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Boogie Woogie Bugs

UPC # 687066702927
Item # JD09

Spiders and slugs and roaches, oh my! The backyard is buzzing alive with a boogie-woogie jive. Play in the bug band and sing some creepy, crawly and catchy songs about insects.

Dixieland Jazz for Children

UPC # 634479678257
Item # JD08

Staying true to her Louisiana musical roots, Johnette collaborates with Jimmy LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jazz Band to introduce children of all ages around the world to the joyful sounds of Dixieland Jazz; the music she heard growing up as a child in New Orleans. Nineteen original songs blend the upbeat, happy sounds of Dixieland Jazz with lyrics for children and their extended families. It is our hope that this authentic and innovative recording for children keeps the tradition alive with a new generation of Jazz lovers.

Fins and Grins

UPC #634479346392CD
Item #JD07

Winner of a Recommended Parents' Choice Award and a National Parenting Publications Award.

Dive into fun with songs from the sea. Learn about seahorses, stingrays, penguins, hermit crab, sharks and more. From the ocean to the bayou, we'll have a whale of a good time.

The Second Line Scarf Activity Songs

UPC #687066577921
Item #JD06

Winner of a National Parenting Publications Award, an iParenting Media Award and a Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award.

"In New Orleans, the "second line" refers to the crowd that marches joyfully behind the band during celebrations, often waving scarves or handkerchiefs. The simple lyrics suggest things children can do with scarves."
— Paul Shackman, American Library Association Booklist

Silly Sing Along

UPC#687066589825
Item #JDO5

Winner of a Recommended Parents' Choice Award and a National Parenting Publications Award.

"To Downing, songs are the tollbooths into the world of play, the most important destination for any kid. Silly Sing Along is solidly in the tradition of pioneering kid's musician Ella Jenkins. For Downing and for Jenkins, music is participation."
— Michael Tisserand, Gambit Weekly

Wild & Woolly Wiggle Songs

UPC# 687066 000429
Item #JD04

Winner of a Recommended Parents' Choice Award and a Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award.

"Distinctive country-flavored vocals and gentle educational touch are Downing's trademark and here her Louisiana rhythms and creative lyrics give effervescent life to one of the staples of children's music - animals."
— Lynne Heffley, The Los Angeles Times

From the Gumbo Pot Stirring Up Tasty Tunes

UPC# 687066000320
Item #JD03

Winner of a Silver Honors Parents' Choice Award.

"The yummy ingredients in this rich musical gumbo include the spicy Louisiana lilt in Johnette Downing's voice, and irresistible Cajun and Creole rhythms in playfully evocative songs about gators, skeeters, crawfish and the Cajun werewolf the Loup Garou."
— Lynne Heffley, The Los Angeles Times

The song for Johnette's book Today is Monday in Louisiana is on this CD!
Music Time

UPC# 63447912615
Item #JD02

Winner of an Approved Parents' Choice Award, a National Parenting Publications Award, an iParenting Media Award, a Family Choice Award and a Family Review Center Award. Grammy reviewed!

"Taking children through daily activities with songs about learning to tell time, wishing for rain, eating peanut butter sandwiches and more, Music Time encourages youngsters to join in with clapping, singing, call-and-response and movement."
— Laurel Fishman – The Grammy Foundation

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