The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.

Sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell," verses describe the activities on Halloween night.

In this variation on the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," children exchange gifts of various types of dogs, from "a pug puppy under the tree" to "twelve doggies drumming."

In this revision of the classic song, Farmer MacDonald finds his farm invaded by a kangaroo, an elephant, and other animals that belong to the zoo, until he rounds them up and takes them back where they belong.

""Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has classical music had a combination salesman-teacher as irresistible as Kapilow."--Kansas City Star. Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What makes it great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the great American songbook, bringing...