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Best Kids Music in 2012
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The 2012 National Parenting Publications Awards results are in and we've awarded the year's best products for children, providing busy parents with this year's sure-bet holiday gift guide.
Parents always want to give their kids hours of listening, reading and playtime fun. These Gold-Award winning books, magazines, music, apps, software, video games and websites do just that.
By Michael Berick
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Ages 3 to 5
Backseat Driver, The Cat's Pajamas
Howlin Records, 2012; $15; howlinrecords.com
Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie,
Elizabeth Mitchell
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2012; $11.98; folkways.si.edu
