"Summertime" - Orange Sherbet

Artist: Orange Sherbet

Song: "Summertime"

Album: Delicious

Description: Why, yes, it is the first day of summer.  So why wouldn't you post the delightfully animated parade of summertime fruits accompanied by the San Francisco band's playground chant?

Source: Vimeo

"Stompy the Bear" - Caspar Babypants

Artist: Caspar Babypants

Song: "Stompy the Bear"

Album: Hot Dog!

Description: One part knitting, one part animation, several parts awesome.  If I introduced Chris Ballew to Charlotte Blacker, can I take an itty-bitty amount of credit for the resulting video?

Source: YouTube / Original post

"Ti zwazo (Little Bird)" - Roselaine Bicep, Claudette Thegat

Artist: Roseline Bicep, Claudette Thegat

Song: "Ti zwazo (Little Bird)"

Album: Songs in the Shade of the Flamboyant Tree

Description: OK, it's little more than a minimally animated trailer for the latest Secret Mountain book/CD set.  But if you and your kids don't have a grin on your face or bounce around a bit to this Haitian nursery rhyme, then you (or they) may be having a really bad day.

Source: YouTube

"Round the World" - Hot Peas 'N Butter

Artist: Hot Peas 'N Butter

Song: "Round the World"

Album: Hot Peas 'N Butter Volume 5 - Best of the Bowl

Description: I understand why the duo stands still for the entire song -- it's to make it easier to slide the gorgeous animation in and out on a puppet theatre-like stage.  (It still looks odd to me.  But I'm cranky like that.)

Source: YouTube

"Wheels in the City" - Laura Doherty

Artist: Laura Doherty

Song: "Wheels in the City"

Album: Wheels in the City

Description: Collage meets chant.  The video has a very Shrinky-Dink feel to me.  (A good thing.)  Also a Sesame Street feel to me.  (Also a good thing.)

Source: YouTube