Whaddaya Think of That?

1	We Are the Dinosaurs 2:17
2	Doodlebugs 2:05
3	Down Down Baby 1:01
4	She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain 2:15
5	Bring Your Clothes 3:04
6	I'm a Little Snowflake 1:07
7	Animal Fair 2:10
8	What Falls in the Fall? 2:37
9	These Are My Glasses 1:44
10	ABCD Medley 3:05
11	I Know a Chicken 3:17
12	Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 2:49
13	I Love My Rooster 3:29
14	The Cat Came Back 2:50
15	Can You Imagine? 1:54
16	(I'm Gonna Eat) On Thanksgiving Day 1:28
17	All the Pretty Little Horses 3:11
18	The Airplane Song 3:02
19	1 2 3 1:18
20	Last Night I Had a Dream 2:07
21	The Great Big Dog 1:39

Barnes & Noble

In New York City, where she plays birthday parties and packs auditoriums, effervescent Laurie Berkner is the star of the sandbox set. Her original cassette debut, Whaddya Think of That?, does a fine job of translating her riotious warmth and is thankfully now available on CD. Berkner's secret weapons are her refusal to play down to kids and an unstoppable sense of humor that shines through in both her lyrics and music. This results in songs that always keeps things interesting. The marching, anthemic title track has a break that would do Kate Bush proud; "Doodle Bugs," which does play up a bit to parents, is inspired silliness that owes a nod to Jonathan Richman pop sensibility; and the intro of her sweetly sung "These Are My Glasses" will have toddlers in stitches as Berkner pretends to be frightened by the characters in her books. Berkner's kooky sense of fun extends to her choice of standards, which include "The Cat Came Back," a boisterous "She'll Be Comin' Round The Moutain," and the hand-slapping schoolyard chant "Down Down Baby." Seth Kaufman

All Music Guide

When Laurie Berkner released a handful of cassettes of Whaddaya Think of That? in 1997, she had no idea that the album would launch her almost immediately into the upper echelon of American children's music performers. These songs were developed in day care classes and summer camp workshops with pre-school children, and it's clear that Berkner's interaction with her young students helped to shape the recordings. Movement and imagination play such a large role in Berkner's music that it's hard to imagine a roomful of children being able to sit still through them. "We Are the Dinosaurs" sets them to stomping and flattening buildings in the chorus and grazing peacefully in the verses. "I Know a Chicken" is an infectious call-and-response blues romp about the joys of rattling percussive shakers. "Bring Your Clothes" may be the most inspiring cleanup song since "A Spoonful of Sugar." Berkner's target audience is children below seven years of age, so she doesn't spend much time trying to be clever or educating overtly. The environmentally conscious ballad "Can You Imagine" is the only didactic tune in the lot, gently imploring listeners to "think about tomorrow please!" The others tend rely on charmingly silly nonsense humor and irresistibly catchy acoustic guitar and piano tunes. Berkner may not be teaching here, but her teaching experience clearly gives her an unfailing instinct for entertaining young children. Evan Cater

Los Angeles Times

Many of the songs she sings are tried and true ...but her warm soprano, playful delivery and sunny spirit make them sound like new. Her own adaptations and original songs expertly use rhythm, rhyme and humor irresistible to little ones for play-along-fun. Lynn Heffley