Babysongs - Animals [VHS]
Children's songwriter Hap Palmer mixes kids and animals in this  26-minute installment of the award-winning Baby Songs series. His bouncy  variations on the classics ("Old MacDonald's Farm," "Bingo," "Itsy Bitsy  Spider") and his toe-tapping originals will get children ages 1-6 off the  couch and on their feet. Nine music videos feature real-looking kids of both  genders and all ethnicities imitating elephants, eagles, and kangaroos  ("Elephant," "I'm Glad I'm Me") as well as traditional farm animals. In "Baby  Chickie," children dress as mom and baby chickens to act out the hatching of the  egg, juxtaposed with footage of the real thing. Next, a family sees for  themselves "What's Bigger Than a Bear?" at the Los Angeles Zoo. Finally,  Palmer brings the circle of life back home with "My Baby," in which a big  sister practices on her doll what she learns from Mom and newborn  sibling.--Kimberly Heinrichs