One Elephant, Deux Éléphants

One Elephant, Deux Éléphants is the first album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1978.

Sharon Hampson told the agency that "adults mean well, but they often underestimate what children can understand and enjoy so they feed them feeble music.

"[6] Young People's Theatre in Toronto hosted A Children's Elephant Concert with Sharon, Lois and Bram over two days and four performances, "in celebration of the release of their first album.

One Elephant, Deux Éléphants quite accurately reflects the way children hear words blended with music and offers these songs with witty invention and high spirits.

Edmonton Journal columnist Lesley Francis commented that "The first time I put it on the turntable I couldn't I stop singing or swaying to the music.

I probably enjoyed it more than my two-year-old son... My hat is off to this talented trio and their producer, Bill Usher, for bringing out a record which not only appeals to children but to the whole family.

"[3] A feature about the group in Montreal's The Gazette suggested that the album "sounds good enough to have come from a major recording studio in Los Angeles...

[12] Other nominees were Sandy Offenheim and Family's Are We There Yet?, soundtrack Songs From the Polka Dot Door, and a group album called Canada's Favorite Folksongs for Kids.