Album Notes

"Shelly Ryan was born in the kingdom of Minneapolis. After being enlightened by great literature (okay, nursery rhymes), she developed a vivid imagination. Being an only child this trait was useful, although her parents never determined how many imaginary siblings she had..."

She is pictured on the cover with one of her little brothers, Punkinhead. For years Shelly thought it was the voices in her head; turned out it was Peter Peter’s WIFE who was living inside her pumpkin shell! Halloweens would never be the same...

As adults we tend lose that innocence of our youth, but we should never stop asking questions. So why DID Peter put his wife in a pumpkin shell?

I also believe it's important to let our inner child come out and play often, so that's why I developed this project...evoking our memories of nursery rhyme days but giving a modern and humorous perspective.

For MORE nursery rhyme antics, join me and my Spokescow at the site that’s dedicated to this CD and will feature subsequent video vignettes of both well-known and rather obscure treasuryof tales: http://www.youtube.com/user/shellysnurseryrhymes.