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Celebrate Children’s Book Week with Records!

By , May 1, 2019 1:38 pm
Banner graphic with text ‘Children’s Book Week April 29 – May 5 2019’ and colorful book illustrations

In celebration of children’s book week, discover our children’s collection of recordings featuring stories, lullabies, nursery rhymes and more.

This collection of children’s music was produced mostly during the 1940s and 1950s, a time when vinyl replaced hard shellac as the basic material used in the making of phonograph records. The innovation of vinyl allowed manufactures to produce kid-friendly recordings that could be handled without adult supervision. These recordings became an extremely popular form of entertainment for children in the days before families had television sets. Read More About This…

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