Winners of the Children's Music Web Awards for 2002
The kids have voted, and these are their "best of the best!"
Category 1: Best Recording for Babies and Toddlers
Allison DeSalvo: Happiness is All Around You
Hands On Music: String Thing
Hands On Music: Where the Winds Blow
Sherry Goffin Kondor: Mellow My Baby
Category 2: Best Recording for Young Children
Joanie Bartels: Put On Your Dancing Shoes
Buck Howdy: Skidaddle!
Dennis Caraher: Dog Bone Town
Cat's Pajamas: Goin' Bananas
Norman Foote: 1,000 Pennies
Jeffrey Friedberg: Jeffrey's Party In a Box
Gentle Wind: Storytime Songs
John Hadfield: Monkeys In the House
Lollipop Rock: Lollipop Rock
Scotti and Lulu: Fish Food
Category 3: Best Recording for Older Children
John Hadfield: Monkeys In the House
Bill Harley: Down In the Backpack
Gunnar Madsen: Ants In My Pants
Mar: Keep Safety Roo-Teen
Maddox, David and Mary Hall Surface: Perseus Bayou
Scotti and Lulu: Fish Food
Steve Songs: The King, the Mice, and the Cheese
Trout Fishing in America: InFINity
Two of a Kind: Patchwork Planet
Various: Universal Love for Kids
Willy Welch: I Won't Eat That!
Zun Zun: Sea, Land, and Sky
Category 4: Best Educational Recording for Young Children
Abby and the Pipsqueaks: Try, Try Again
Twin Sisters: Songs for Learning
Two of a Kind: Patchwork Planet
Category 5: Best Educational Recording for Older Children
Debbie Friedman: The Alefbet
Billy B and PLT: The Energy and Me
Category 6: Best New Artist for Young Children
John Hadfield
Lollipop Rock
Category 7: Best New Artist for Older Children
Kid Pan Alley
Category 8: Best Song for Young Children
Candy and Cupcake: I'm Tootlin'
Jeffrey Friedberg: Partytime
Scotty and Lulu: Fishin' in a Wishing Well
Category 9: Best Song for Older Children
Trout Fishing in America: My Best Day
Category 10: Classic Recording for Babies and Toddlers
McGrath, Bob and Katherine Smithrim: The Baby Record
Tom Salvatori: Late Night Guitar
Category 11: Classic Recording for Young Children
Peter and Ellen Allard: Raise the Children
Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing It, Say It, Stamp It, Sway It Volume 2
Front Range Artists: Wheeee
Bob McGrath: Sing Me a Story
Category 12: Classic Recording for Older Children
Prairie Orchid: Pocket Full of Lizards
Pete Seeger: Song and Play Time
Leslie Zak: If an Ostrich Can Yodel
The following were decided by a committee of family judges:
Judge's Special Awards
Arlo and Anna: Holiday Mornings
Craig Taubman, Producer: Celebrate Kids
Doug Deutch: World Playground ( Putumayo)
"For the Kids" VH1 Save the Music, musicforthekids.com
Various, Universal Love for Kids
Technical Award of Excellence
Gemini: The Orchestra is Here to Play
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hap Palmer
Congratulations to all winners. You will receive a packet of stickers and a certificate in the mail.