![]() Specially gift-wrapped and available exclusively at Haven Ministries… They needed a character to help kids better understand God’s desire for worship. But as they got going, the Rettinos quickly discovered they were missing something vital. In 1979, Ernie and Debby Rettino set out to create the very first praise album produced especially for kids. He has a special gift.Psalty the Singing Songbook is a little bizarre at first glance, but this beloved character and his songs have touched millions of lives around the world for the past 40 years. SOLOMON THE SUPERSONIC SALAMANDER knows all about Proverbs. But being a "regular" dog, he's always getting into trouble, mostly digging holes in Psaltina's rose garden. He has perfect pitch and likes to sing the "Howl-lelujah Chorus". "I'm not disabled…With the Lord I'm more than able!"īLOOPER is Psalty's dog. He only has one wing, but he can glow…and when he glows he gives the glory all to God. ![]() Kids come from miles around to help Psalty & his family decorate the workshop.ĬHARITY CHURCHMOUSE is one of their best friends.Charity is a gospel singing star who learned the lesson that in order to be a star in God's Kingdom you must first learn to be a servant of all.įARLEY McFIREFLY became their friend when he lighted their way during a nighttime camping adventure. In the winter he goes to his Winter Worship Workshop in the mountains. Psalty also has a worship workshop there. They all live together in a little house in Happyville. RHYTHM is orange and loves to play the drums and go skateboarding…though not at the same time HARMONY she's green and loves to sing the harmony part…and also loves to be the center of attention. MELODY she's pink and loves to sing the melody…la la la, Together they have 3 booklets: Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm. The yellow book is Psalty's beautiful wife,PSALTINA. And when you're around him you just want to praise the Lord with him! What's so special about Psalty? Mostly that he loves Jesus with all his heart, but also because he likes to sing and dance and have fun learning about the Lord. ![]() He travels all around the world telling kids about how much God loves them! Psalty is a songbook…not just any songbook, he's a KIDS songbook. One of Psalty's favorite sayings is, "Praise the Lord!" There haven't been too many appearances of Psalty since the early 1990s, but on a 1995 TBN episode of Colby's Clubhouse, Psalty makes a guest appearance in an episode that could be considered a "passing of the torch", since Psalty had been the most visible of the characters. For more information on the characters that appear in the series check out the wikipedia page "List of characters in the Kids' Praise! series" ![]() There are ten Kids' Praise! albums, each one having a different life lesson from God's Word. Psalty has a Wife (Psaltina, played by Ernie's wife Debby Kerner Rettino), triplets (Harmony, Melody, and Rhythm), and a dog who always hits the wrong notes (Blooper)! Other characters Psalty runs into are the fame-seeking Charity Churchmouse, the singing firefly Farley McFirefly, and of course the swindling villain, Risky Rat. ![]() He and the Kids' Praise! Kids travel around the world, singing and telling children about Jesus. Psalty was created by Debby Kerner & Ernie Rettino, who also plays the characters of Psalty and Psaltina (and many others) on their album appearances. Psalty the Singing Songbook is the anthropomorphic "big blue book" featured in the children's music Kids' Praise! albums. ![]()
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