7 Albums for Kids That Adults Will Want to Hear, Too From infectious hip-hop and big-band songs to a mix for transgender and nonbinary children, releases during the pandemic have something for everyone. The rapper and songwriter SaulPaul, who encourages young people to “be the change in the world that you live in.”Credit...Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon Jan. 27, 2021 Music for children is often dismissed as either simple and silly or simple and soporific. It doesn’t have to be. A whole world exists beyond “The Wheels on the Bus” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” and it has expanded during the pandemic, as musicians have found themselves at home with ample recording time. One artist released an album offering a vicarious global voyage, while others undertook projects with their own housebound families.