Other Voices
See who else has recorded Barry's songs or used his stories and poems.
Animated Song
Watch the Animated TV commercial for Teva sandals featuring Barry's song Water. Other videos available, too.
Song Lyrics
Find Barry Louis Polisar's song lyrics in this alphabetical listing
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What's New
Are you a musician interested in covering one of Barry's songs for a new tribute album being planned of his music? The Radioactive Chicken Heads, an LA based alternative group, is organizing artists from genres as diverse as hip-hop, folk, rap, jazz, rock and classical. Email Barry from the contact page for details if you are interested.
 Isn't that Barry's song in the opening credits of the film Juno?
Yes, Barry's song All I Want is You is used throughout the opening credits of the movie Juno. The song appears over the animation sequence at the begining of the film and is also the first song on the movie soundtrack recording, released by Rhino Records. It has since been covered by numerous other artists on other recordings. Find out more here.
Old Enough To Know Better:
The Worst of Barry Louis Polisar.
A new double CD celebrating Barry's 30th year of writing and recording for kids was released in 2005, featuring forty of Barry's worst songs, re-written and re-recorded into totally new and different works...maybe Barry's best recording yet!
 Stolen Man:
The Story of the Amistad Rebellion.
This new chapter book for older children published in 2006, tells the true story of a group of slaves who fought back their captors to regain their freedom.
Telling The Story:
A Passover Haggadah Explained.
An easy to read Haggadah that explains many of the spiritual origins of the Passover holiday traditions without compromising tradtition.
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