Laurie Berkner, Under a Shady Tree - 51m 56s

Tracks & Durations

1. Under a Shady Tree	2:50
2. Rhubarb Pie (Hot Commodity)	2:35
3. Mister	2:14
4. Drive My Car	1:47
5. I'm Gonna Catch You	3:26
6. Just Like the Sun	2:11
7. Mahalo	2:30
8. I'm Me and You're You	1:38
9. Choc-o-lot in my Pock-o-lot	2:28
10. Shortnin' Bread	1:49
11. Running Down The Hill	3:18
12. My Energy	1:56
13. After it Rains	1:38
14. Do the Dragon	5:12
15. Song in my Tummy	2:52
16. This Hat	2:20
17. Who's That?	1:35
18. Smile	3:00
19. Boody Boody Ya Ya Ya	3:29
20. Blow a Kiss	2:47
21. Bonus Track	0:09

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Review

From the reggae-tinged title track to the light blues of "Drive My Car" to the irresistible tease of "I'm Gonna Catch You" and at all stops in between, the 20 tracks on Laurie Berkner's fourth record for kids dance off the disc and into the imagination, with a Goldilocks just-right ratio of silly ("Do the Dragon") and serious ("I'm Me and You're You"). Driving home her reputation as an Ani DiFranco for kids is the earthy "Running Down the Hill." "Shortnin' Bread," the Southern traditional, will compel kids to tie on aprons and tap their way across the kitchen floor. The Hawaiian thank-you number "Mahalo" and the Eastern "Boody Boody Ya Ya Ya" draw upon world music, but otherwise, Berkner's days of shaking her noodle head (a favorite dance ditty off an earlier disc) to the delight of 2-year-olds seem numbered. That's not to say Shady Tree's canopy doesn't extend to the sippy-cup crowd, only that Berkner's branching out. --Tammy La Gorce Winner of: 2003 Gold N.A.P.P.A. Award; 2002 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award; 2004 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award and 2003 Children's Music Web Award.

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