"More Moles" - Caspar Babypants

Song: "More Moles"

Album: Hot Dog!

Description: Another beautifully minimalist video -- this time for the call-and-response song feature Visqueen's Rachel Flotard -- from Chris Ballew and his daughter Josie. Here's my (free) tip for revenue generation -- sell those individual sketches for, like, $5 apiece. I'll take the happy sun.

Source: YouTube

"Fall" - Orange Sherbet

Artist: Orange Sherbet

Song: "Fall"

Album: Delicious

Description: The next in the band's series of seasonally-appropriate food raps. The bounty is here! (Two or three days early, even.)

Source: Vimeo

"Chicken Soup Ballad" - Ben Rudnick & Friends

Artist: Ben Rudnick & Friends

Song: "Chicken Soup Ballad"

Album: Love Is a Superpower

Description: Personally, I find the enthusiasm the animated leftovers have for being made into a soup a little confusing -- should they be accepting their sacrifice quite so joyfully? -- but the song (and video) moves along nicely.

Source: YouTube

"Crazy Crazy Dinner Lady" - Nick Cope

Artist: Nick Cope

Song: "Crazy Crazy Dinner Lady"

Album: N/A

Description: Tender meets deranged meets lo-fi animation from Cope's son Burt. Trust me, give it at least 90 seconds before deciding whether to shut it off... it grows on you...

Source: YouTube

"Five Little Monkeys" - Story Laurie

Artist: Story Laurie

Song: "Five Little Monkeys"

Album: Groovin' in the Garden

Description: There are monkeys (acted and animated), a bed, and a doctor, and a mama. You don't need much else.

Source: YouTube

"Dad Upside Down" - Hullabaloo

Artist: Hullabaloo

Song: "Dad Upside Down"

Album: Raise a Ruckus

Description: "Collage" spells backward just spells "egalloc." Erm, that makes no sense. Animation by Tonia Senoo.

Source: YouTube

"Grassy Grass Grass" - Elizabeth Mitchell

Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell

Song: "Grassy Grass Grass"

Album: You Are My Little Bird / Little Seed

Description: This video is actually a couple years old, made for HBO Family and Classical Baby: The Poetry Show. But now with the impending release of Mitchell's Woody Guthrie tribute Little Seed, it's getting a new push. Lovely computer-generated collage work.

Source: YouTube

"Summertime" - Orange Sherbet

Artist: Orange Sherbet

Song: "Summertime"

Album: Delicious

Description: Why, yes, it is the first day of summer. So why wouldn't you post the delightfully animated parade of summertime fruits accompanied by the San Francisco band's playground chant?

Source: Vimeo