This cartoon about Wickie the viking was based on a series of children's books by Runer Jonsson. Here you can listen to the theme song.

This song about monkeys is well-liked by German children and appears in many books of children's songs.

With this video we can learn the names of the fingers and family members in German.

This cute animated penguin video with a children's song has been a big hit on YouTube with more than a million views!

Pop singer Nena sings "La Le Lu," a well-known German lullaby.

The song "Eisbär" from the Swiss band Grauzone is a Neue Deutsche Welle ("German new wave") classic. An abridged version here is accompanied by brilliant animation.

"Backe, backe Kuchen" is a popular German children's song. The lyrics can be traced back to a tradition in which a baker would signal that he was finished baking his bread so that the neighbors could come and use the warm oven to bake their cakes.

"Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen"("Fox, you stole the goose") is one of the most well known German children songs. A thievish fox gets a warning that stealing might result in his demise.

This is the introduction and end titles to the popular 1980 animated TV series "Lucky Luke" with German country songs by Freddy Quinn.

Take a peek at this simple but stunning video from German-Hungarian pop singer Anna Depenbusch. Released in 2012, it's from her fourth album and is entitled "Sommer aus Papier" [Paper Summer]. Viel Spaß!