A wonderful followup to her Fascinating Creatures CD, Family Tree is fresh, folky and fun.  San Francisco based Frances England is truly a natural.  As she writes in the liner notes, her first album was made as a fundraiser for her child's preschool and became so popular that "it took on a life of it's own".  Family Tree is every bit as great and it's an early candidate for best kids' album of 2008 in our book.  

Our favorite tracks were "Family Tree", which is about the birth of a second child and "Animal Friends," a non-syrupy and non-preachy environmental tune that kids can relate to.

Tracks:

   1 Family Tree
    2 Animal Inside You
    3 Best Friends
    4 I scream, You scream
    5 Tea Party
    6 Firefly
    7 Fast Train to Grandma's
    8 Giddy Up
    9 Spring Has Sprung
    10 Don't Fly Away
    11 Up A Tree
    12 Sleepyhead Mommy
    13 Free to Be Me
    14 Animal Friends
    15 Tugboat
    16 You & Me