Episode Guide

1. All the Colors of the Earth — Evocative text and beautiful art along with a captivating musical score and narration, celebrate the glorious diversity of children laughing, loving, and glowing with life. (6:38) Study Guide

2. Foolish Frog — Pete Seeger’s favorite American folksong about a vain bullfrog will have you singing along. (7:37) Study Guide

3. Patrick — The countryside comes alive with Patrick’s fiddle music—and children will too! (6:41) Study Guide

4. Alligators All Around — (2:07) Study Guide

5. Frog Went A-Courtin’ — John Langstaff sings and narrates this 400-year -old Scottish ballad about the courtship of Mr. Frog and Miss Mouse. Audience participation invited. (11:54) Study Guide

6. This Land is Your Land — Everyone’s favorite folk song, written by Woody Guthrie and sung by son, Arlo, is brought to glorious, toe-tapping life in this richly illustrated production. (15:27) Study Guide

7. Chicken Soup with Rice — Learning the names of the months of the year is fun and educational with the rhyme and repetition of Sendak’s classic verse. (4:27) Study Guide

8. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom — In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. (5:06) Study Guide

9. Changes, Changes — Two enterprising wooden dolls solve a series of problems by arranging and rearranging, a set of wooden blocks to music performed solely on wooden instruments. A nonverbal classic. (5:21) Study Guide

10. Pierre — Pierre flaunts an “I don’t care” attitude until an encounter with a lion changes everything. (5:51) Study Guide

11. Hush Little Baby — This popular folk lullaby, first sung to sleepy children in England before the tune came to America, is evoked here with authenticity and charm. (4:46) Study Guide

12. The Erie Canal — All that happens along 15 miles of the Erie Canal is chronicled in this cheery and informative song about one of the engineering marvels of the world. (6:53) Study Guide

13. Keeping House — Musical Lizzie Firkin, hates housekeeping so much that she sends for Robin Puckertucker to clean, so that she has time to sing and dance. (9:05) Study Guide

14. Musical Max — When the neighbors start complaining about the noise, Max stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer. A wonderful introduction to music. (9:09) Study Guide

15. Lentil — Lentil and his harmonica save the day when Colonel Carter comes to town and the marching band can’t play a single note. (8:46) Study Guide

16. One Was Johnny — Designed to help children learn to count, Sendak’s rhyming verse also introduces them to animals. (2:20) Study Guide

17. Over in the Meadow — John Langstaff’s endearing version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life. (9:24) Study Guide