
“It’s a curiosity and often quite a show; Many here consider standing back; From the Melter, the Melter, Yellow, warming swelter; Melter, swelter in our town.”
– "Melter Swelter" from Gustafer Yellowgold's Mellow Fever
Here comes the sun … or rather a yellow creature from the sun named Gustafer. I always welcome sunshine in any form. The new CD/DVD combo we recently received called Gustafer Yellowgold's Mellow Fever brings plenty of musical sunshine into our home with sunny songs that bring smiles to my children’s faces (and mine, too).
Who is Gustafer Yellowgold? Apparently he arrived from the sun via a Sunpod, and landed in the state of Minnesota. He enjoys living in the cooler environment and making new, interesting earth friends like Forrest Applecrumbie, a Pterodactyl. He also loves eating pinecones and playing with his pets: an eel named Slim and a dragon named Asparagus.
Musician/illustrator Morgan Taylor created Gustafer and tells his story through animated illustrations that accompany highly imaginative, original songs. Gustafer has been around since 2005, and I’ve been scratching my non-cone shaped head trying to figure out why I hadn’t heard of Taylor’s series until now! Mellow Fever is the third set of musical stories in the award winning children’s music series, the first two releases titled Wide Wild World and Have You Never Been Yellow?
Warning – Highly Addictive Music loved by both kids and parents! The mellow tunes of Gustafer Yellowgold’s Mellow Fever mesmerize both my preschooler and my one-year-old. The DVD is a fun, animated picture book put to music where Gustafer Yellowgold’s escapades take center stage. The lyrics appear near the bottom of the pictures read like text in a book. We love the CD as well, as ours gets plenty of air time in the car.
I’d have to say our very favorite song hands-down is the swingy “Melter Swelter.” Snow doesn’t last long around Gustafer; he melts it right up. Making snow angels and snowmen doesn’t exactly go so well. But, he uses his ability in generous ways, like helping free a turtle from the ice. In “Butter Pond Lake” Gustafer shares his memories of days on the sun, wading in a lake full of butter surrounded by darkening bugs. My daughter sings a beautiful rendition of the groovy “Getting in a Treetop” complete with her own made-up tree blowing arm movements. “Quite Easily Lost” featuring Sisson the blue worm and “Panther Stamp Pants” round out our favorites.

After visiting the Gustafer Yellowgold upcoming shows, I happily learned that a performance will be coming to our area in May. Yay! Our family definitely plans to see this live.
Related links/activities/printables:
Downloadable coloring pages and paper puzzles

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22 comments:
Love the Big Bunny, Bitty Baby.
Mike
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This looks great! I like Quite Easily Lost.
I follow you on bloglines.
I think you should post a video of your daughter doing her tree blowing am movements. Cute!
My boys and I love Panther Stamp Pants. So much fun! We would LOVE to win this!
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I like Quite Easily Lost, but Mint Green Bee and New Blue Star are fun too.
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I think it is called Green Heart? I am a follower and would love to win this for my grand niece...thanks for the giveaway!
I like Panther Stamp Pants. Really interesting songs!
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I subscribe.
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I like Getting in a Treetop
Sugar Boat is a cute song! Thanks for the chance to win.
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Email subscriber!
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I like New BLue Star!
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I really like Quite Easily Lost. My daughter would love this!
thanks
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I like New Blue Star
Gustafer Yellowgold's Underwater stars is our fav! We enjoyed listening to them! Thanks for the review.
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I'm following you on twitter as susieqtpie and I just tweeted this!!!
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I like the Getting in a Treetop. yyeres(at)gmail(dot)com
I liked Getting in a Treetop.
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i like the Sugar Boat song
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