In 1988, CBS Records asked Carlos to collaborate with comical musician "Weird Al" Yankovic to release a parody of "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev. Carlos agreed to the project, as she felt it presented a chance "to let your sense of humor out of the cage". Yankovic adapted and narrated its story, while Carlos rearranged the music with a "MIDI orchestra", her first venture using the digital interface. The album's second side also contains a humorous adaptation of "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns titled "The Carnival of the Animals–Part II", with Yankovic providing funny poems for each of the featured animals in the style of poet Ogden Nash, who did similar for the original. Released in October 1988, "Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals–Part II" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children in 1989.