The 1997 notable recordings for children as selected by the American Library Association Recording Evaluation Committee:
Adventures at Catfish Pond. Performed by Catfish Hodge. 40 min. cassette, $9.98; CD, $15.98 (Music for Little People).
An Awfully Big Adventure, The Best of Peter Pan 1904-1996. Various performers. 52 min. cassette, $9.98; CD, $14.98 (Delos International).
Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach: More Favorite Disney Tunes in the Style of Great Classical Composers. Various performers. 56 min. cassette, $8.98; CD, $14.98 (Delos International).
Big Blues. Various performers. 46 min. cassette, $9.98; CD, $15.98 (Music for Little People).
Blanket Full of Dreams. Performed by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer. Cassette, $9.50; CD, $15 (Rounder Records).
Bridge to Terebithia. Performed by Tom Stechchulte. Four hours, three cassettes, $24 (Recorded Books Inc.)
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea. Performed by Ruby Dee. Book/cassette, $15.90 (Spoken Arts).
Cada Nino/Every Child. Performed by Tish Hinojosa. 39 min. cassette, $9.50; CD, $15 (Rounder Records).
Castle in the Attic. Performed by Elizabeth Winthrop and the Words Take Wing Repertory Company. 310 min., three cassettes, $16.98 (Listening Library).
Celebrate! Jack Grunsky Live. Performed by Jack Grunsky with the Chigo Chigo Band. 45 min. cassette, $10.98; CD, $13.98; Youngheart Music/Creative Teaching Press, 10701 Holder St., Cypress, CA 90630. (714-995-7888)
A Child's Celebration of Folk Music. Various performers. 45 min. cassette, $9.98, CD, $15.98 (Music for Little People).
Daughters of Ishi-Shin: Ancient Tales of the Americas. Performed by Barb Stevens-Newcomb. 63 min. cassette, $10; CD, $15 (Black Cricket Press, Eugene, Ore.)
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Performed by George Guidall; 10 hours, 7 cassettes, $54 (Recorded Books).
The Giant and the Rabbit: Six Bilingual Folktales from Hispanic Culture. Performed by Sarah Barchas, 70 min., cassette, $12.95; High Haven Music, P.O. Box 246, Sonoita, AZ (1-520-455-5769).
Halloween Howls. Performed by Andrew Gold. 42 min. cassette, $7.99; CD, $11.99 (Music for Little People).
I Am Livina Cumming. Performed by Barbara Caruso, 43/4 hours, 4 cassettes. (Recorded Books).
Ironman. Performed by George Guidall and Johnny Heller, 61/4 hours, 5 cassettes, $40 (Recorded Books).
Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog. Performed by Hoyt Axton. 60 min. cassette, $10.98; CD, $13.98; Youngheart Music/ Creative Teaching Press, 10701 Holder St., Cypress, CA 90630. (1-714-995-7888).
Jim Gill Makes It Noisy in Boise, Idaho. Performed by Jim Gill. 31 min. cassette, $10; CD, $15; Jim Gill Music Inc. P. O. Box 2263, Oak Park, IL 60303-2263.
Lessons From the Animal People. Performed by Dovie Thomason. 90 min. cassette, $9.95; CD, $14.95 (Yellow Moon Press).
A Little Princess. Performed by Virginia Leishman. 8 hours, 6 cassettes, $45 (Recorded Books).
Lullabies and Love Songs. Performed by Tanja Solnik. 40 min. cassette, $10; CD, $16 (DreamSong Recordings, Nashville, Tenn.)
Mark Twain and the Laughing River. Performed by Jim Post. 34 min. cassette, $10;
CD, $15 (Woodside Ave. Music Productions).
Monday's Troll: Poems by Jack Prelutsky. Performed by Jack Prelutsky. 35 min. cassette, $9.95 (Listening Library Inc.)
Noah and the Ark. Performed by Kelly McGillis. 25 min. Book/cassette, $19.95 (Rabbit Ears; distributed by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division).
Old Turtle. Performed by Douglas Wood. 38 min. cassette, $11.95; Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, 210 W. Michigan St., Duluth, MN 55802 (218-727-0500).
Penguin Parade. Performed by Banana Slug String Band, 36 min. cassette, $7.99; CD, $11.99 (Music for Little People).
A Planet With One Mind. Performed by Mike Pinder. 59 min., cassette, $9; CD, $14 (One Step Records).
Quiet Time. Performed by Ricardo Cobo. 45 min. cassette, $9.95; CD, $14.95; Pearcy Company, Bryan, OH. (419-636-4193) Distributed by M.S. Distributing, 6405 Muirfield Dr., Hanover Park, IL 60103. Books, Inc.
The Rifle. Performed by Norman Dietz. 2 hours, 2 cassettes, $18 (Recorded Books, Inc.)
Sleeping With the Fishes. Performed by The Music Workshop for Kids. 49 min., cassette, $10.98; CD, $15.98 (Baby Music Boom Inc.)
Songs for Singing Children. Performed by John Langstaff. 56 min. cassette, $9.95; CD, $15.95 (Revels Records).
Stellaluna. Performed by David Holt. 35 min. cassette, $9.98; CD, $15.98 (High Windy Audio).
Three Terrible Trins. Performed by June Whitfield. 102 min., 2 cassettes, $16.98 (Listening Library).
Tom Chapin: Around the World and Back Again. Performed by Tom Chapin. 40 min. cassette, $9.98; CD, $13.98 (Sony Wonder).
Under the Blood Red Sun. Performed by Jeff Woodman. 4 hours, 3 cassettes, $32 (Recorded Books Inc.)
When I Was a Child. Performed by Anna Moo. 40 min. cassette, $10; CD, $14 (Good Moos Productions; distributed by Rounder Kids).
Willy Claflin: The Wolf Under the Bed. Performed by Willy Claflin. 63 min. cassette, $10; Old Coyote Music, 2261 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114 (1-415-431-5775).
World's Gonna Listen. Performed by Joanne Olshansky Hammil; cassette, $10; CD, 15; JHO Music, 11 Marshall Terr., Wayland, MA 01778 (1-508-358-5213).