"Chicken Soup Ballad" - Ben Rudnick & Friends

Artist: Ben Rudnick & Friends

Song: "Chicken Soup Ballad"

Album: Love Is a Superpower

Description: Personally, I find the enthusiasm the animated leftovers have for being made into a soup a little confusing -- should they be accepting their sacrifice quite so joyfully? -- but the song (and video) moves along nicely.

Source: YouTube

"I Want to Push Buttons" - Lunch Money

Artist: Lunch Money

Song: "I Want to Push Buttons"

Album: Original Friend

Description: A live recording, though not "live" (no screaming/twirling/dancing kids jumping up front) of the most t-shirt-y band in kids music.  (I say that with much, much affection.  The t-shirt and jeans look of the band is part and parcel of who they are and I wouldn't want them any other way.)

Source: YouTube

"Crazy Crazy Dinner Lady" - Nick Cope

Artist: Nick Cope

Song: "Crazy Crazy Dinner Lady"

Album: N/A

Description: Tender meets deranged meets lo-fi animation from Cope's son Burt.  Trust me, give it at least 90 seconds before deciding whether to shut it off... it grows on you...

Source: YouTube

"Make Me" - Big Bang Boom

Artist: Big Bang Boom

Song: "Make Me"

Album: Because I Said So

Description: In the time-honored tradition of videos featuring a band acting goofy and being entirely unrelated to the song, the North Carolina band goes to a children's museum and has fun.  I really, really like the song, though.  So that's why it's here.

Source: YouTube

"Sleep Eye" - Elizabeth Mitchell

Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell

Song: "Sleep Eye"

Album: Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie

Description: This is such a minimalist song video -- and in it, is its beauty.  Mitchell and her husband Daniel Littleton with little more than two guitars (one used only for percussive purposes) create a perfect little lullaby, recorded live at the Smithsonian Institution.

Source: Vimeo