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Beloved children’s music pioneer Ella Jenkins dies at 100

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) Ella Jenkins, whose revolutionary approach to children‘s music transformed how generations learned through song, has ...
WOSU Public Media

10 great recent children’s books about music

Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that ...
Los Angeles Times

Ella Jenkins, celebrated songwriter and ‘First Lady of Children’s Music,’ dies at 100

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” died Saturday. She was 100. The lifetime achievement Grammy Award winner, who ...
People

New Documentary Explores How 'Terminally Uncool' Children's Music, Like 'Baby Shark,' the Wiggles, Became Sleeper Hits

Music Box: Happy and You Know It debuts Thursday, Dec. 25, on HBO and HBO Max Don Arnold/WireImage; Nickelodeon A new documentary is exploring the popularity of children's music The HBO Original ...
The New York Times

Not for Kids Only: 9 Children’s Songs Worth a Listen

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Newsletter Hear tracks from Kermit the Frog, Caspar Babypants, Carole King and more. By Marc Tracy They tell you about the lack of sleep, the tantrums and of ...
Christianity Today

Enough With Cutesy Kids Choirs. Let the Little Ones Lead Worship.

New children’s music resources go beyond holiday performances to cultivate a deeper theology and love of singing. At church services across the country this Christmas, wiggly kids will take the stage ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Introduced the ‘First Lady of Children’s Music’ to a Large National Audience

Building on the momentum of her 1966 album You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song, children’s music legend Ella Jenkins’ diverse 1970s releases boosted her national profile. But nothing brought her ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Century of Ella Jenkins: Tributes to the First Lady of Children’s Music

To celebrate Ella Jenkins on her hundredth birthday in August, we asked a group of musicians how Ella has inspired them. Sophie Abramowitz In 2007, the Smithsonian recognized Ella Jenkins’s fifty-year ...
CBS News

Ella Jenkins, "First Lady of Children's Music," dies at 100

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100

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Chicago Tribune

Ella Jenkins, ‘First Lady of Children’s Music,’ dies at 100

Ella Jenkins, a prolific and internationally recognized singer, songwriter and performer, used folk music sing-alongs to teach youngsters about other cultures, in the process becoming known as the ...