Picture Book Picnicker Lauren Korn invites beloved singer-songwriter Raffi on a picnic to talk about his newest sing-along picture book, Mama Loves It, illustrated by Patricia Pessoa(Knopf Books for Young Readers).
Listeners will hear Raffi and the Good Lovelies sing “Mama Loves It,” and they’ll also hear snippets from “Penny Penguin,” “The Birdies Sing,” and “Baby Beluga.”
This conversation has been edited for time.
About Raffi:
Raffi is Raffi Cavoukian, an internationally renowned musician and performer for children, best known for hits like “Baby Beluga,” “Bananaphone,” and “Down by the Bay.” He is the founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, which advocates for an ecological worldview, a whole-systems shift in the way we make decisions that affect our children’s world.
Raffi recommends:
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Patrick Benson (Candlewick Press)
Lauren Korn recommends:
Mama Loves It (illustrated by Patricia Pessoa; Knopf Books for Young Readers); Shake My Sillies Out (originally illustrated by David Allender, re-illustrated by Maple Lam; Knopf Books for Young Readers); and I Wonder If I’m Growing (illustrated by Jon Klassen; forthcoming from Tundra Books, Penguin Random House Canada) by Raffi
Raffi Songs to Read Boxed Set, which includes Baby Beluga, Wheels on the Bus, and Down by the Bay (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone by Gideon Sterer, illustrated by Emily Hughes (Clarion Books)
Golden Sturdy Books like Animal Babies by Rebecca Dickinson, illustrated by Lisa Bonforte; The Mother Goose Word Book illustrated by Ann Schweninger; Peek-a-Boo! I See You! by Joan Phillips, illustrated by Kathy Wilburn; and Cyndy Szekeres’ Counting Book
Singable Songs for the Very Young by Raffi (Rounder Records, 1976)
Wee Sing Silly Songs by Pam Beall and Susan Nipp (Price Stern Sloan)
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