The first track on guitarist Jamie Barnett's album, "In the Shade," an evocative celebration of late summer, sets the tone for this open-hearted and beautifully crafted observance of childhood's memory-making simple pleasures.

"Two Frogs" is a guitar-strumming ode to friendship, while in "Nursery Medley," Barnett weaves familiar nursery rhymes into an exquisite musical tapestry.

He uses "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as inspiration for a delightful "Walk in the Woods," and "Jack and the Beanstalk" becomes "Magic Beans," a lovely tale of a little boy's journey toward independence ("I'll tell my mother what I see/I'll show my mother/Just how brave a boy can be." )

Barnett's deeply felt vocals are further enhanced by the earnest sweetness of child singers who chime in throughout.