Justin Roberts' songs accurately address common issues children face including naptime, being sick, needing a nightlight, cleaning their room, dealing with a male or female bully at school, or even moving to a new house and a new school. Many of the songs are written from a child's perspective, making them more personal. The lyrics are often silly and entraining, such as, "Brontosaurs got a sweet tooth - he has a sweet tooth for me!" Others are educational and silly, such as "Nine Planets" with teaches the order of the plants from the sun and Pluto which he says is "so far away you want to put it in your pocket and save it for a rainy day...". The songs also have plenty of repeating choruses, fun sounds, and a clear beat marked with drums and soft cymbal taps.
Many of the songs have fun lyrical tricks for your little one to sing along with; "My Dad Caught Stars" has "Na-na-na-na" and "Hey hey, yeah yeah, ooooo", while "Nightlight" has backup singers helping with the "n-n-n-nightlight," and "Pick up the Pears" has humming that your child can join in on the first listen. Because the songs address common issues, your child may have a story to share based on one of the songs, or have some questions for you. If your child is too young to get some of the humor at first, rest assured that many more of the songs will make more sense once they start going to school. For instance, the "98.8" song is narrated by a kid who says he is too sick to go to school, but he'll be feeling better by 3 o'clock.
My three-year-old friend, Sam, said "Brontosaurus Got a Sweet Tooth" was his favorite song because he could dance to it. However, when I played this CD in the car on a separate day, Sam was also swaying his head and enjoying the beat to "Dad Caught Stars" before he drifted off to sleep right in his car seat.
--Audra