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We recommend these good listens for your travel adventures and adventure travels

By Bonnie and Bill Neely

Please Note: The books and Audios reviewed here are my honest opinions. I received these unsolicited and free for promotional purposes, but I simply do not review the ones I do not believe to be review worthy.

Disney Channel Karaoke Series Volume 1 is sure to be popular for home, family, parties, and even in the car. All you need, to sing along and be a star with 16 of your favorite Disney Channel selections Hannah Montana, Cheeta Girls, Camp rock, and High School Musical, is your car CD player (or any other CD player). Or you can see the words and follow along with the special visuals on your TV if you have a CD+G player or Karaoke machine. Kids of almost any age will love this one, the first in the series.

Disney Karaoke Series: Disney on Broadway Have a Karaoke family night or a party for your older kids. This CD has music five favorite Disney Broadway hits/movies: Lion King, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, and Tarzan. The visuals for the Karaoke require a CD +G player, but the audio only will play on most CD players. You can enjoy performing these songs as solos or duets for male and female. Enjoy many evenings of fun in your own Karaoke group!

Disney Imagination Movers For Those About to Hop is a fun way to get your children moving their bodies to the songs they love their favorite TV shows. The catchy tunes and vocals are sing along, and you can download coloring pages and lyrics when you insert the CD into your computer for the access on the internet. This CD will give hours of healthy, happy, family fun and keep your kids occupies in energetic ways!

Broadway Karaoke Series: Another wonderful CD for your Karaoke nights at home or with friends. This opne contains wonderful favorites for any age: The Sound of Music, Annie, Wicked, Oliver, Les Miserables, ByeBye Birdie, Into the Woods, and West Side Story. The visuals for the Karaoke require a CD +G player, but the audio only will play on most CD players.

Disney Baby Einstein World Music is a WONDERFUL music CD for not only your children but your whole family to enjoy. I wanted to play it over and over. The CD features music 22 countries, catchy tunes you will find yourself and your child humming over and over; tunes that make you want to dance and sing. This is an important CD to introduce your child to the concept of our vast world and its people, whose heritage is preserved through music. With the shrinking world scene it is important for kids to grow up understanding that we are all connected and music is the great language which cuts all barriers. THIS CD IS A MUST FOR YOUR FAMILY! It is also available as DVD with adorable animation.

Disney Play House Music Play Date CD is happy and fun with voices that sound like kids and delightful songs and music to entertain your young children over and over, inspiring sing along and dancing around. However, i recommend you get it for their own private enjoyment because repeated listening may not be the adults' enjoyment. If you with your child to entertain himself in his own space or wit his own earphones, this is perfect! As with ALL Disney products, they know children and the products with the Disney label are wholesome and wonderful and timeless.

Robby The Elf byMaurice Tabor and Rob Burgess is a very new type of Christmas music that kids and adults alike will love. Written and sung by Robby the Elf, these new songs are in rap verse, catchy, clean, and a new twist on some old carols. It is very NOW music and clever and fun. With songs like Magic Elves; Almost Twas The Night; The Elf Lean; Cakes, Cans & Bottles; and The Repression of Elves, this CD is sure to become an annual classic. Volume 1 was released in 2007 and Volume 2 is a new release. Both can be ordered RobbytheElf@yahoo.com

Mozart's Magnificent Voyage CD This wonderful series is designed for children to appreciate classical music, but adults will learn a lot and love listening over and over, as your child will.

Mozart's Magic Fantasy CD With a fanciful flair, the story recreates important events in the real life of Mozart while weaving his music throughout. Especially wonderful for family listening over and over as your children learn.

Tchaikovsky Discovers America CD is a wonderful continuation of the series that teaches your children and you the composer's life and his music at the same time. The story features Tchaikovsky coming to America for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall. The family helps him discover America and they learn about his fear of conducting. Many exerpts of familiar favorites, including some his brilliant Nutcracker, created the splendid educational background music for the story which is historical fiction based on Tchaikovsky's life to engage the child listeners. EXCELLENT! You will want to own the entire series, which is wonderful listening for your entire family.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs CD is an intriguing imaginary story told by a child who lives in the apartment below the elderly, deaf Beethoven, whom the child believes to be a mad man. The story of Beethoven's life and his greatness as a musician, even after becoming deaf, is woven through a series of letters the child writes to a relative who teaches the appreciation of Beethoven and his music. It is a beautifully written story of the great and tragic composer's life, interwoven with marvelous renditions of his most beloved music. This is one of the Symphony of Stories for all ages collection of Classical Kids CD's Children's Group. You and your children will want to own all of them and listen to them again and again!

Daydreams and Lullabies is a lovely collection of soothing music, songs, and simple stories and verse, perfect for your child to fall asleep by. It will become a favorite for every night's ritual listening, signal sleep, and keep your little one happily in bed for the night. You parents may even want to use the beautiful, peaceful recording, which includes some of the world's most exquisite classical music, instead of sleeping pills!

Mr. Bach Comes To Call CD is a fascinating account of Bach's life story, his great trials and tremendous acclaim, his family life and court experiences, told as if by Mr. Bach himself. This is also available in a charming DVD that will captivate your child while he or she learns to love music. The verbal story is beautifully interwoven with Bach's best loved music. The tale begins with a little girl resisting practicing the piano, and when Mr. Bach comes to call she realizes how valuable music it is and how delightful to practice it. This is a marvelous CD for children of all ages as well as adults; however, the accent in Bach's voice is difficult to understand and will take more than one listening, but you'll enjoy each time more and more.

Peggy's Violin is a marvelous story told by the ancient violin itself of its journey through the centuries being owned by various people and being cast away several times until the master finally discovers it and gives it new life. Every child (or adult) who plays a stringed instrument MUST own this wonderful story CD with its beautiful violin music also. Wonderful for anyone, and especially those who aspire to play an instrument.

The Story Teller's Bag is a delightful collection of myths which are loosely based on folklore, Bible stories, and other legends. These are woven into a story form which stimulates children's imagination as well as having hidden good teachings. It is intriguing to listen to with an appealing vocabulary for children of all ages.

SANTA'S SING A LONG! is a delightful collection of festive songs of the season Rudolph to Silent Night. The children will love singing along with the singing elves and with Santa himself. Adults will also enjoy listening or watching the brightly colorful and fun video as it really puts you in the holiday spirit. Order several for all the kids on your list. This is certain to be a seasonal favorite for all those early years of childhood. The collection is available in CD or DVD. .

A CLASSICAL KIDS CHRISTMAS is a Symphony of Stories for all ages. This truly beautiful interweaving of traditional yuletide songs with stories and legends around the world which illustrate each song is a CD that will become your family favorite for December for many years. The music, performed by some of the best artists in the world, is magnificent, and each voice chosen to tell one of the stories and legends is perfect for the spirit of that story. The CD is a magnificent treasure. Be sure to order many for your friends and family.

THE WORLD"S VERY BEST OPERA FOR KIDS is a collection of fourteen of the best loved arias in the world. The whole family will enjoy this CD, which is a unique version of these famous arias in that these are all sung in English so your child (and you) can appreciate and imagine the story that it illustrates. It is a wonderful introduction to opera and will have the whole family humming the memorable melodies, which are sung by some of the best of famous voices. You will be inspired to read the storylines of the operas to your children for a wonderful educational and delightful family hour. The CD includes an insert with the words so you can sing along.

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