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Mary Lafleur : Pink Elephants
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Original Songs, Riddles and Poetry in a warm storytelling atmosphere.
Genre: Kids/Family: General Children's Music
Release Date: 2004
Pink Elephants Record Label: Safari Productions
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Come on In (Let's Pretend) 2:08 $0.99
(Icicles) 0:06 $0.99
(My Kingdom for a Blanket) 0:20 $0.99
Somebody Near You (A Sound Riddle, Deep in the Forest) 3:26 $0.99
Winter and Spring (The Secret) 0:51 $0.99
(The rug) 0:25 $0.99
(A Little Riddle) 0:22 $0.99
The Little Red Hen 5:25 $0.99
(A Magical Riddle) 0:16 $0.99
(A Windy Riddle) 0:17 $0.99
(A Drippy Riddle) 0:14 $0.99
(The Puddle) 0:15 $0.99
The Sailing Song 3:19 $0.99
(Canoe) 0:13 $0.99
(Somebody Loves Me) 1:14 $0.99
(The Sun is Up) 0:13 $0.99
Goldilocks 2:35 $0.99
(Pink Elephants) 0:27 $0.99
(A Shiny Riddle) 0:15 $0.99
(A Difficult Riddle) 0:25 $0.99
Aunt Cecilia 0:37 $0.99
(Drip by Drip) 0:22 $0.99
(A Bent Riddle) 0:10 $0.99
(A Plucky Riddle) 0:20 $0.99
(A Wonder) 0:11 $0.99
(A Long and Winding Riddle) 0:20 $0.99
On a Train 2:00 $0.99
(A Playful Riddle) 0:18 $0.99
(Friends) 0:19 $0.99
(A Wiggly Riddle) 0:24 $0.99
Chicken Little 2:46 $0.99
(A Handsome Riddle) 0:24 $0.99
(Fireflies) 0:15 $0.99
(Let's Pretend Again) 0:16 $0.99
I love You 100 2:01 $0.99
Come On In Reprise 1:59 $0.99
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Album Notes

Winner: Parents' Choice Gold Award
Winner: NAPPA Honors Award

Question: Yikes! Why are there so many tracks?

*** Because half of the CD is original music but the other half is original poetry, some with music and some without. We've subtitled it "Songs, Riddles and Poetry you may remember indefinitely" because we believe it's deliciously unforgetable.

*** May I recommend a few selections? The first song, "Come On In," is one of my favorites. Other people have gone gaga over "Goldilocks" and there's almost no one who doesn't love "I Love You 100," written for my 4-year-old son, a budding math genius.

*** Two of the poems ("Deep in the Forest" and "A Sound Riddle") were published in LADYBUG Magazine, and "Fireflies" was published in CRICKET. So you could say, or I could say, that I am a published poet.

*** The CD was produced in Nashville with studio players who knew how to push a good song over the edge into greatness. Although originally produced in 1994, we didn't make CDs until 2004. Thus, the time warp.

*** But enough from me. I suggest you read a few of the reviews below.

*** Thanks for stopping by! I'm so glad you found me! Mary

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REVIEWS

Pink Elephants
author: Katherine Dines
I knew Mary when she and I lived in Nashville, and always admired her work. Her voice is perfect for children and even though she passed away last year, her songs and spirit live on in this wonderful recording.
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We won the Parents' Choice Gold Award!
author: Parents' Choice
In balladeer style, Mary Lafleur gives familiar tales such as "The Little Red Hen" and "Chicken Little" a rhythmic, pleasing musical spin, tells "plucky, playful and wiggly" riddles and recites her own poems, with their images to toothy icicles, sleeping bears, fiery skies, and slipping, dripping drops of rain.
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A Charming Preschool Album
author: Moira McCormick, Family Fun Magazine
A menagerie of "Songs, Riddles & Poetry you may remember indefinitely," Pink Elephants is a charming preschool album. Sweet-voiced Lafleur, who worked with homeless children in Nashville, skillfully intersperses her folk-based songs with original poetry and riddles, just right for the typically brief preschool attention span. Lafleur's music is melodic and easy to learn. Her poetry, though, is what makes this album utterly charming, calling to mind masters of the form such as Eileen Fisher, Jack Prelutsky, and Even Merriam. And Lafleur's riddles are just the thing, when solved, to give young minds a supreme sense of accomplishment.
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author: Mistake!
I wrote "Even Mirriam." Yikes. It should be "Eve Mirriam." Sorry.
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