"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

"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

"Five Little Monkeys" - Story Laurie

Artist: Story Laurie

Song: "Five Little Monkeys"

Album: Groovin' in the Garden

Description: There are monkeys (acted and animated), a bed, and a doctor, and a mama.  You don't need much else.

Source: YouTube

"Dad Upside Down" - Hullabaloo

Artist: Hullabaloo

Song: "Dad Upside Down"

Album: Raise a Ruckus

Description: "Collage" spells backward just spells "egalloc."  Erm, that makes no sense.  Animation by Tonia Senoo.

Source: YouTube

"Grassy Grass Grass" - Elizabeth Mitchell

Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell

Song: "Grassy Grass Grass"

Album: You Are My Little Bird / Little Seed

Description: This video is actually a couple years old, made for HBO Family and Classical Baby: The Poetry Show.  But now with the impending release of Mitchell's Woody Guthrie tribute Little Seed, it's getting a new push.  Lovely computer-generated collage work.

Source: YouTube