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If you are reading this, then you are a part of our Big Round World. We all have to share and care for this world. Here are 14 songs about our life experiences as we've traveled this Big Round World. This is our first full-length musical production from The Trout House studio. It is an exciting new phase in our musical development. We have been writing songs and playing music together for over 32 years and we're still happy to be doing it.   Big Round World tops NPR's 'The Year in Music for Kids' List Check it out www.npr.org My favorite band collaborated with classroom kids to create a variety of themes and genres, including forays into multicultural education that never lose the humor and balance at the heart of this duo. 'The Alarm Clock Rings' veers from space-pop to heavy metal and back. Kathy O'Connell KidsCorner.org

2009 Grammy Nominee Big Round World tops NPR's 'The Year in Music for Kids' List. Check it out at www.npr.org or click here listen to the story on NPR's Morning Edition Big Round World received a NAPPA Gold Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards Big Round World awarded the Parent's Choice Silver Honor Big Round World has been awarded Album of the Year honors at the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards Find Lyrics Here 1. Big Round World 2. My Favorite Jeans 3. When You Get Dressed 4. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks 5. A Tiger and A Monkey and Me 6. Too Good To Be True 7. Always Chew Your Food 8. Curse of the Spinach 9. The Alarm Clock Rings 10. I Don't Care 11. There's a Rumor Going 'Round 12. Pearl 13. It Must Be Halloween 14. Five MP3 SONG CLIPS Big Round World My Favorite Jeans When you get dressed The Alarm Clock Rings CREDITS Produced by Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood Trout House Studio Released in 2008 Print out an order form.

Reviews

Soulful, relatable songs for school-aged kids.

Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood -- aka Trout Fishing in America -- deliver 14 original songs about both everyday life concerns (a hole in your favorite jeans, nasty alarm clocks, the importance of good manners, the history and horrors of spinach) and big, important concepts (Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s contributions to the world, embracing individuality and personal differences). There's also a fantastical romp with a tiger and a monkey, life lessons learned while training a puppy, and a cautionary rockabilly tale about rumors and gossip.

All of the songs are performed with taste, integrity, and humor in the duo's signature soulful style. Idlet and Grimwood dusky, comfortable voices and bluesy instrumental accompaniment are easy to hear and understand without ever talking down -- musically or lyrically -- to children of any age. As a result, BIG ROUND WORLD is one of those albums that parents might find themselves listening to even when there are no kids in the car.

For more terrific, funny music written solidly from a kid's point of view, check out TFIA's own My Best Day.

Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that the 14 songs on this CD address a wide variety of topics of interest to younger school-aged kids. Real-life moments both large and small -- from Rosa Parks' bus ride to ripping a hole in your favorite jeans -- are fair game in these clever, well-performed songs.

Families can talk about the topics raised in the song 'Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.' Kids: What do you know about these two heroes of the Civil Rights movement? How could you find out more? How do you think the world would be different if they hadn't done what they did? What can you do to make the world a better place for everyone?