Free to Be... You and Me: the 35 Anniversary Edition: the book every kid needs

[bananas]

I just came across this while browsing the blogs:

http://coverlaydown.com/2008/11/free-to-be-covered-in-kidfolk-a-midweek-singleshot/



Cover Lay Down generally publishes twice a week, on Sundays and Wednesdays; much more, and real life starts to lose out. But occasionally, when the moments warrants it, we like to sneak in a short post here and there. Today, when technogeek, sci-fi author, and new parent Cory Doctorow noted the recent rerelease of 1972 hippie-kid classic show/CD/book Free To Be…You And Me over at BoingBoing, something rang a bell; since I’m solo parenting this afternoon while the wife heads out to the big city, it seemed especially fitting to hop on the promotional bandwagon for their 35th anniversary set.

I’d say more, but the pull-quote from Cory is perfect:

It’s amazing. The new art is fabulous. And I’ve got the CD on now, and the music is just as great as I remembered. There’s Rosie Greer singing, “It’s All Right to Cry,” Michael Jackson singing “I Don’t Have to Change at All” (!), Alan Alda singing “William Wants a Doll,” Harry Belafonte singing, “Parents are People,’ the Smothers Brothers singing “Helping.” There’s Carol Channing reciting the cleaning poem, and Mel Brooks doing the convulsively funny “Boy Meets Girl” sketch. It is just brilliant.

And wonderful. If you were to distill the messages that every kid needs to hear to grow up to be a confident, loving individual who does what’s right even when society sneers, if you were to turn them into great songs, funny poems, without a hint of preachiness or condescension, it would be this book and CD. Every kid needs this book — and the organization that publishes it is every bit as great as the book itself.

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[Journeyman]

1. This was a great CD for introducing my daughters to the world's diversity. . .

without any heavy-handed preaching or maudlin tales. Highly recommended.

[AllieB]

2. Judging by the tone on some threads lately, some DUers need to read this book too.

[bananas]

3. LOL!

:thumbsup: