Callie Lewis of Van Zandt roused her first audience response as a toddler crawling out of the guitar case while her parents Wes and Laurie Lewis, the country/pop duo Calico Hearts, performed. “Talk about stealing the show from the get-go,’’ Laurie recalls with a laugh.

It didn’t take long for Callie to make her voice be heard. At the age of 9 last fall, she released her debut CD “Winter Wonderland,’’ a collection of 10 holiday classics, under the banner of her parents’ Under the Rainbow Creations. And she’s already using her talents to help the needy by donating part of the CD sales to aid domestic and wild animals in shelters sponsored by Lynnwood-based PAWS. The CD is $10, and order forms are available at .

The CD began as a home school project of producing music. Laurie recorded the music and harmonies, Wes added harmonica to two tracks, and Callie laid down the lead vocals. Unlike other talented child singers, Callie forgoes the vocal gymnastics and the attempts to sound like an adult belter; the charm of the CD is the sound of an earnest girl with a good ear singing with glee on “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,’’ “White Christmas’’ and the a capella “Deck the Halls.’’ The CD is a great companion piece to “A Charlie Brown Christmas.’’

“Winter Wonderland’’ is not Callie’s recording debut. At age 6, she recorded a duet with her mother, Laurie’s composition “Generations,’’ for the self-published book “Dear Old Gramma.’’ She also sang on two of the 10 songs on the family CD “We’d Rather Be Streamin’,’’ songs about the joys of traveling and camping in their vintage Airstream trailer.

Callie grew up singing along in the car with her performing parents. “Most kids don’t get raised on ‘The Sound of Music’ and “Oklahoma,’’’ says her father. She’s performed solo to sell CDs at the Lynden Safeway, Cost Cutter on Sunset Drive and the Deming Library. During 2007, she joined her parents on stage, adding vocals and percussion. “I like to be on the stage rather than the ground,’’ she says. “It’s nice to do something together, and not just leave her with her grandparents or in the audience,’’ says her father.

The Christmas CD was a family project before it became a vocal vehicle for Callie. “Mom asked me if I wanted to donate some of the money, and I said I wanted to help animals,’’ says Callie, whose pets include a pony, a hamster, a dog, three cats and chickens.

A fan of Elvis, Callie is learning to play the guitar and three-string dulcimer, and has written her first song. “If you got the gift, shine the light and make other people feel good,’’ says her mother.