The album features musical settings of classic children's poetry.

The album originally came packaged with a hardcover illustrated book containing all the poems.

The album was reissued in 1973 to capitalize on Carly Simon's success as a solo artist, under the title Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children as Columbia CR 21539.

For this edition, additional instrumentation was added to the original album to give it a more pop-oriented sound.

Factory released the album on CD, under the title Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs for Children.