Philadelphia Chickens
The Bacon Brotherssay it best on this hilarious CD's title  track: "Poultry in motion is a beautiful thing." So is a record that grabs you by the funnybone from its opening (the Seldom Herd's "Cows") and doesn't let go till the final note is clucked.Sandra Boynton, whose illustrated board books have become as much a part of every  toddler's reading list asMother Goose, makes a convincing case here  that authors can succeed brilliantly as very silly songwriters. Meryl  Streep, Laura Linney, Kevin Kline, Natasha Richardson, and fourteen other  performers all qualify as contenders for king and queen of the coop, and they whoop it up enough to guarantee the most enjoyable sing-along ever.--Tammy La Gorce