Celebrating the everyday magic
Little Wild Music is an independent New Zealand kids and family record label and production company created by Recording Academy member Claudia Robin Gunn to publish her own work, and make a contribution to creating kinder and smarter media for our children and our planet by offering coaching, marketing strategy and release admin assistance to fellow musical artists.
This is a grassroots creative endeavour born in the kindergarten playroom, but with a big mission at its heart: to celebrate the magic in every extraordinary day of childhood.
With sustainability in process and product at the heart of our values, this independent catalogue has achieved more than 15,000,000 streams to date on Spotify, and can be found across all streaming platforms, on Yoto players, CD and Vinyl. Discover a truly beloved soundtrack for families worldwide - and enquire about how Claudia might assist you if you’re an independent songwriter for children too.
“If there’s a million books in the whole wide world, I wanna read them all”
CATALOGUE- ALBUMS
ALBUM
2025
Playful, Helpful, Wonderful (x 3 EP’s and deluxe album)
2024
Little Wild Learning
Little Wild Learning was produced with Tom Fox and Marshall Smith as a folk-pop album for children aged 3 - 6. The approach is bouncy, cheerful, warm, and playful, focusing on early literacy and social-emotional skills. Featuring co-writes with Benny Time and Angie Who (Sydney). Made with help from NZ On Air Tamariki.
2023
Firefly
Dean Jones produced this album at No Parking Studios in New York. Dean features throughout the album on vocals, instrumentation, and arrangements. Little Miss Ann from Chicago and Suzi Shelton from NY are featured on track 2, ‘Colours’. Supported by NZ On Air Tamariki.
2023
Find Your Rainbow (The Sunshine & Kindness EP)
Co-written and produced with Itty Bitty Beats, supported by NZ On Air New Music Kids.
ALBUMS + SONGBOOKS
2022
Sing for the Sea - Little Wild Ocean Friends
Sing for the Earth - Little Wild Animals
2020
Sing Through The Year - A Little Wild Childhood
These albums were all produced by Tom Fox at The Sound Room, and illustrated by Elise De Silva.
The two Sea and Earth songbooks also have science and activity notes written by Dr. Melissa R. Gunn. These creative projects were supported by Creative New Zealand.
2020
Little Wild Universe
This album features the song "My Name is Juno (Hello Jupiter)," which won NASA's Cinespace 2020 award for best film made exclusively with NASA archival footage. Made with help from NZ On Air Music.
2016
Little Wild Lullabies
11 songs for quiet times and bedtime, written for Claudia’s young family. This album was nominated for Best Ch’s Album in 2017.
Holiday and Seasonal Projects
2021
Little Wild Christmas Volume 2
2019
Little Wild Christmas Volume 1
Volume 1 features several tracks with Claudia’s daughter Ella, while Volume 2 includes guest vocals from Itty Bitty Beats, Music with Michal, and Loopy Tunes Preschool Music.
2021
Little, Wild and Spooky
Get into the Halloween spirit with our 3-song collection: Friendly Monsters (Happy Halloween), Leaf Skeletons, and Spooktacular!
Helpful EP - Releasing May 30 2025
Little Wild Learning
“Can you imagine what the earth looks like, to the astronauts in outer space? All blue and green and shining, not a leaf out of place”
catalogue - singles
Singles Catalogue:
The Mountain Song - with Suzy Cato 2025
Hold Up - with My Friend Christopher 2024
I Went to the City (Bicycle Song) with Angie Who - 2024
Josephine - with Em and Me, 2024
The Witch with the Candy Shop, 2024
We’re Not Scared of Halloween, 2024
Thank You Science (with Marsha and the Positrons), 2023
Party, 2022
Bunnies in the Bath (Counting Song), 2022
Whales and Dolphins of Aotearoa, 2022
Rainbow Fish, 2022
Round Robin, 2021
Sing the Months, 2021
Friendly Monsters Happy Halloween, 2021
Leaf Skeletons, 2021
Spooktacular, 2021
Tara Iti, 2021
Look Up, Slow Down with Music with Michal - 2020
Little Robin, 2020
Little NZ Birds, 2020
Making My Way, 2019 (With Kath Bee)
Making My Way
This collaboration between Claudia and Kath Bee taps and tiptoes and stomps its way through an imaginary conversation between an 8 year old and a cast of creatures.
“Where do the dreams go when the sleeping’s done? ”
