Rufus the Unicorn

PreS-Gr 2—Auntie Kayte presents 14 songs in a variety of musical styles, such as folk, polka, jazz, and calypso. The lively instrumental backgrounds include keyboards, guitar, bass, flute, clarinet, piccolo, drums, and percussion. An enthusiastic children's chorus joins the adults with bouncy, energetic vocals. In "Blow Away the Rain," the singer wants all the rain to go away but then has regrets when drought conditions ensue. The song is repeated as an a cappella round. "Good Old Words" introduces listeners to colorful old-fashioned words such as bumbershoot, cattywampus, and flabbergasted. "Giggly You and Me" offers several synonyms for laughter, including chortle, cackle, and guffaw. Auntie Kayte acknowledges that pirates "do bad stuff" and deserve consequences for their actions in "Pirates Are People, Too." In the title song, Rufus is rejected by the horses, goats, oryxes, and other animals until he finds his place in the world. Several traditional sayings are turned on their heads in "Get Up, It's Morning!" The remaining songs are "The Right Side of the Bed," "The Cowboy Song," "The Cowgirl Song," "I'm a Little Teapot," "Sunshine in My Pocket," "I'm Sorry," and "A Princess Can Be Smart."