Here is a lovely collection of songs, originally commissioned by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers for a book and CD set for the educational market. Boosey followed this project from beginning to end and signed off on it, gave it their complete approval but their new marketing arm in Germany gave it a pass because they felt the songs weren't commercial enough. So, a better part of a year's work went unpublished.

Life is for Learning [1]
Bicycles for Better Air [2]
Don't Talk to Strangers [3]
Bones in the Body [4]
Life Recycle [5]
Little Jumping Gene [6]
Need A Room [7]
Phoning Around [8]
Runaway Dog [9]
Randall the Vandal [10]
Totally Turkey-Free [11]
Where Did the Dinosaurs Go? [12]

Boosey's loss can now be Walking Oliver customer's gain because we're offering them to you as individual song downloads.

Titled “Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?” the songs, written and performed by Walking Oliver artist Paul Austin Kelly, focus on environmental, scientific and social issues of interest to primary schools in the UK and Ireland, as well as the US and Australian markets. Pretty current topical stuff but also timeless, not trendy.

Walking Oliver also created a book of piano & vocal arrangements that we will shortly be making available for downloading, as well.

So, have a listen and decide for yourself. The lyrics are all there as well as an audio clip of each song so you can listen before you buy.

The CD is tentatively slated for a proper CD release sometime late in 2008 and will be distributed in the US by NewSound Kids, a subsidiary of Allegro.