Can Cockatoos Count By Twos? Songs for Learning Through Music and Movement, Hap Palmer, Educational Activities Inc., 2001; $14.95 CD, $11.95 cassette; www.edact.com, 800-645-3739; ages 5 to 8.

Do experience and dedication count? You betcha! Hap Palmer's the guy for educational musical activities. Hap could sing the phone book and you'd learn something. Numbers, colors, arithmetic, time, phonics, months and seasons are all treated in Hap's inimitable style.

NAPPA Gold Award recipients for 2001