Dubbed the "Queen of Children's Music" by People magazine, Laurie Berkner and her band is hugely popular in the children's music scene. She's been in the business for over twenty years and helped pioneer the "kindie rock" genre. Her team asked me to design the cover and layout of her newest album, Laurie Berkner's Favorite Classic Kids' Songs. Consisting of over 50 traditional kids' tunes, such as "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," "If You're Happy and You Know It," and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," she wanted album art that encompassed all of the music and would appeal both to children and their parents.

 

After listening to the songs and reading the lyrics, I pulled some of the most iconic images from each song. To give the characters life, I partially filled them with watercolor, connoting the image of partially colored-in children's art that might be hanging up in the family home.

 

Below is a selection of some of my favorite images and their accompanying lyrics.