If you're an iTunes junkie, you may associate the name "MyTunes" with the program that lets you poach Steve in accounting's music library; but where kids are concerned, MyTunes is the new (as of last week) 100-plus-song series of children's music co-helmed by Bay Area music/singing teacher Mona Dena and composer Phil Schroeder.

Split across three volumes -- Outdoor Fun & Learning/People & Places, Fun & Movement/Creatures Big & Small, and Indoor Fun & Learning/Me, Myself & I -- MyTunes combines familiar, folk-inspired classics with a gaggle of new songs that are as well-produced as they are catchy. Though the songs are clearly aimed at preschoolers, they're thankfully free of the more annoying traits that bog down so many other kids' comps: namely, cloying, phoned-in musicianship or strained attempts at pleasing kids while staying hip enough to hold parents' attention.

Incidentally, though they have no connection to the "other" MyTunes, MyTunes 1, 2 and 3 are all available via iTunes -- in fact, digital download is the only way you can grab 'em now, though the record label behind the series, Artistry Kids, notes that MyTunes will eventually appear on CD. The upside of having them digitally, though, is that you can mix and match volumes and songs into your own kid-friendly playlists, and with the purchase of each collection through iTunes, you can also download a PDF featuring liner notes, a coloring page, and a guide to enhancing your kids' learning and development through interactive play.

MyTunes 1, 2 and 3 are available for $7.99 per volume, or as individual songs, through the iTunes Store, and you can also sample selected songs and videos from the series at MyTunes' MySpace page.