KIDS/SNEAK PEEK : HER `UKULELE DITTIES' AT HOME WITH KIDDIES.

Byline: - Nancy Hewitt

Stand-up comic Victoria Jackson is enjoying her second childhood.

She's just recorded her second album, ``Ukulele Ditties for Itty Bitty Kiddies,'' the follow-up to the 1995 ``Ukulele Lady.''

The 20-song new album is loaded with silly tunes and the kind of music that makes you want to sing along or jump up and dance.

The bicoastal mom - she calls Miami home with husband Paul Wessel and daughters Scarlet, 13, and Aubrey, 5, but has an L.A. apartment - also shares singing credits with her daughters.

Scarlet sings ``How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?'' and Aubrey sings ``Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.''

Jackson is pleased with her latest endeavor, but gives most of the credit to producer/composer/arranger Charlotte Lansberg, also the president of her record company, Choo Choo Records in Los Angeles.

She says this album is ``nicely done with Charlotte. She's the real composer person; I just sing.''

Jackson's first album focused on songs from her childhood, such as ``Red, Red Robin'' and ``You Are My Sunshine.'' When she began work on the new album a year ago, Lansberg suggested that it be geared to a younger audience. ``This album has songs about counting, like `Five Little Ducks,' and repetitive verses; stuff that kids like,'' she says.

Two of the songs on the album have special meaning to Jackson: ``I wrote the poem `A Moustache' when I was 10,'' she says.

``I'm a Little Gymnast'' describes the fun a young child has doing gymnastics, a song Jackson can identify with: She practiced gymnastics herself.

Although she admits that she disliked practicing when younger, Jackson is glad of one ability she never lost: being able to do handstands.

In fact, she has used this gimmick as part of her stand-up act for years. Whenever she visits a new city or place, she has someone take a picture of her doing a handstand there. ``I have so many pictures now that I'm putting together a book,'' she says.

After a recent surprise appearance at a bookstore, when so many of the audience members were young children, Jackson began thinking about trying to offer something for adults and kids when she performs live. ``When I do stand-up in most cities, I'll incorporate a kids' act, too,'' she says. ``Maybe do one in the daytime, the other at night.''

``Ukulele Ditties for Itty Bitty Kiddies'' is available at Pages Books for Young Adults Inc., 18399 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. [phone] or by calling Choo Choo Records direct: [phone].

Suggested retail price is $14.99 for CD, $10.99 for cassette. If you're curious about the songs, visit Jackson's Web site on AOL: at VictoriaJackson.com or Choo Choo Records' Web site at: www.choochoorecords.com. At both sites, you can enjoy snippets of the songs.

May flowers

Listen to stories and learn how to make paper flowers at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Glendale Public Library.

All material will be provided, and the event is free to kids age 6 and older. The library is at 222 E. harvard St., Information: [phone].

Cool kid on the block

Carole King's ``Really Rosie'' album, which shares the story of 10-year-old Rosie, the star of her Brooklyn block, and her pals, Kathy, Johnny, Pierre, Alligator and Chicken Soup, is being released on CD for the first time. The album originally came out in 1975 and has been remastered for the CD issue.

Suggested retail price for the CD is $11.98; for cassette $5.98. Both versions will be available at local retailers Tuesday. And, this new issue will include complete lyric booklets.

Zero to hero

``Hercules,'' Disney's popular animated film about the adventures of a strapping Greek youth who tries to reclaim his rightful place among the immortal gods of Mount Olympus, comes to broadcast TV for the first time Sunday.

The title role is voiced by Tate Donovan, with James Woods as Hades, Rip Torn as Zeus and Susan Egan as Megara.

``Hercules'' is shown at 7 p.m. on ABC on ``The Wonderful World of Disney.''