"The last decade has seen a steady decline in the publishing and distribution of the once popular genre of songs for children. In India children now usually sing Hindi film songs, often with inappropriate content for young minds. This album therefore, created by a young mother bringing up two small children outside India, provides a collection of happy little songs that are fun to listen to, easy to learn and sing, and serve the very significant purpose of familiarising children with elementary aspects of Hindi. As a student of music, I can think of no better way to learn and stay in touch with a language, than through songs !" Shubha Mudgal Aparna Bali is a singer trained in Indian classical music, a passionate mother... and a Hindi snob. She married a man who doesn't speak Hindi and they are raising their children outside India, however she was determined to teach her children the language that is so close to her heart. After buying a number of children's Hindi CDs, most of them boring, and all of them painful for parents to listen to, she started by translating "Twinkle Twinkle" to Hindi - and that became "Tim Tim Taare". After singing her children to sleep each night and being encouraged by how well they were receiving it, she decided to adapt more English rhymes and put this album together in the hope that children around the world would have some fun singing these simple songs and more importantly, developing a familiarity to basic Hindi. Aparna had great fun recording the album, with all of the family making cameo appearances. These songs have become a happy part of the lives of Aparna's children. We hope the same for yours. Join us on Facebook; http://www.facebook.com/balbolmusic, from where you can also download the lyrics to sing along with. Please note that 10% of the proceeds go to Udayan Care - an organisation that provides orphaned & abandoned children in India a home, an education and a future. www.udayancare.org