Won't You Be My Friend?
Album Contents:
1. Get Your Ticket, Ticket, Ticket 2. Where's Mary? 3. Twins 4. Slide-ee-o 5. That's What I Can Do 6. Every Day You're Growing |
7. What Makes Me Happy 8. I'm Afraid 9. Sad Little Bird 10. Won't You Be My Friend? 11. Angry Song 12. I Want You All To Myself 13. Why Am I The Little One |
Reviews of Won't You Be My Friend?
Malvina Reynolds, composer of “Little Boxes”, and “Turn Around”, and
other hits of the 60’s and 70’s:
“A marvelous recording. It should be in every home, kindergarten and nursery school. It’s the single best recording I know of dealing with children’s emotions on a preschool level, although older children will delight in it, as well.”
Dr. Thomas Gordon, President of Parent Effectiveness Training:
“I played Won’t You Be My Friend? for our six year old, Michelle. I said nothing but ‘Here’s a record for children somebody sent me and I’m giving it to you to play.’ To my amazement, she played it repeatedly for about five days, during which time she memorized both the words and tunes to a number of the segments. So whatever ingredients you put into this recording certainly did capture her attention and interest.“
New Yorker Magazine
“The music is very easy to listen to over and over for most of an afternoon, which is the kind of thing you have to be prepared for, when children really like a recording. These songs are far different from children’s songs which pretend that nobody ever gets scared or wants to knock somebody around.”
New Ways News
“Marcia Berman and Patty Zeitlin believe (and rightly so) that children enjoy more sophisticated music than they’re ‘supposed to’. They’ve used calypso, rock, country and folk styles (as accompaniments). These songs were written to help a child discover he is not alone with feelings of being little, afraid, angry or sad. Self-acceptance as well as acceptable ways to express feelings can be acted out while listening to this record. The songs encourage the child to value his or her uniqueness and independence as well as learn the satisfaction gained through give and take and living with others. I’m glad to see that Patty and Marcia deal openly and helpfully with the whole range of feelings…all these things that happen in real life.”
other hits of the 60’s and 70’s:
“A marvelous recording. It should be in every home, kindergarten and nursery school. It’s the single best recording I know of dealing with children’s emotions on a preschool level, although older children will delight in it, as well.”
Dr. Thomas Gordon, President of Parent Effectiveness Training:
“I played Won’t You Be My Friend? for our six year old, Michelle. I said nothing but ‘Here’s a record for children somebody sent me and I’m giving it to you to play.’ To my amazement, she played it repeatedly for about five days, during which time she memorized both the words and tunes to a number of the segments. So whatever ingredients you put into this recording certainly did capture her attention and interest.“
New Yorker Magazine
“The music is very easy to listen to over and over for most of an afternoon, which is the kind of thing you have to be prepared for, when children really like a recording. These songs are far different from children’s songs which pretend that nobody ever gets scared or wants to knock somebody around.”
New Ways News
“Marcia Berman and Patty Zeitlin believe (and rightly so) that children enjoy more sophisticated music than they’re ‘supposed to’. They’ve used calypso, rock, country and folk styles (as accompaniments). These songs were written to help a child discover he is not alone with feelings of being little, afraid, angry or sad. Self-acceptance as well as acceptable ways to express feelings can be acted out while listening to this record. The songs encourage the child to value his or her uniqueness and independence as well as learn the satisfaction gained through give and take and living with others. I’m glad to see that Patty and Marcia deal openly and helpfully with the whole range of feelings…all these things that happen in real life.”