Other than Barney Saltzberg, there’s not a whole lot of quality crossover between the worlds of kid’s lit and kid’s music.
Little did I know, when I reviewed his fantastic debut kid’s book A Dog is a Dog, that author Stephen Shaskan is also a children’s recording artist. His songs, which can be heard on his ReverbNation page, are all over the place musically. The one that stuck out to me, maybe because I’ve always enjoyed the melody, is “Down By The Graves” set to Raffi’s “Down By The Bay”.
It’s ghoulish and funny, and all kinds of appropriate for this time of year.
Enjoy “Down By The Graves” by Stephen Shaskan:
