Reviews
DVD Review: Prep & Landing
This holiday season lacks original Christmas programming. It’s either a repeat from 1977 or a holiday spinoff of a popular movie from 10 years ago. Thankfully Prep & Landing is neither one of those. Though it originally aired in 2009, it’s the exception to the rule. Entertaining for both kids and parents, I liked it [...]
PBS Kids Rocks! featuring Ozomatli
My love of Ozomatli is well documented. As I sit and wait patiently for the formal release of an Ozokids album, they are kind enough to tease us with just enough to tide me over. First it was the Happy Feet 2 Video game Soundtrack and now it’s 4 songs on the just released PBS [...]
DVD Review & Giveaway: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Space Adventure
As the parent of a two year old, it should come as no surprise that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a morning staple in our household. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure has been available on my cable’s “OnDemand” feature for a month or two now, but it’s finally getting a proper DVD release. Space Adventure follows [...]
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DVD Review: Caldecott Favorites featuring “The Snowy Day”
Because you can only interestedly read Robert McCloskey’s “Make Way for Ducklings” to your toddler or silently prop up Ezra Jack Keats’ “The Snowy Day” only so many times, Scholastic Storybook Treasures has released a massive DVD set of filmed adaptations of a bunch of classic, Caldecott Medal-winning or nominated children’s book classics. Well, adaptation [...]
Read MoreReading Roundup: Book Recommendations for Fall 2011
Stock your storytime shelves with some of the recent books we’ve been enjoying at Dadnabbit HQ.
Read MoreA Conversation with the Nields
CDs and mp3s are great, but there’s something special about people making music together in the same place. With their new book, the Nields deliver a fun, easily accessible guide for families who want to give it a try.
Read MoreBook Reviews: “Bunny Rabbit in the Sunlight” and “My Woodland Wish”
Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Babypants write some books
Read MoreA Conversation with Trout Fishing in America
The long-running duo discusses the return of Chicken Joe in his new book/CD adventure, Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important.
Read More“The Reading Promise” and a Change in Direction
Some thoughts on reading to kids, Alice Ozma’s The Reading Promise, and a change for Dadnabbit.
Read MoreBook/CD Review: “Sunday in Kyoto”
You may never have heard of Gilles Vigneault, but he’s a cultural icon in Canada, particularly in Quebec, where his music so popular that one of his songs has replaced “Happy Birthday” as the birthday party anthem of choice. One of Vigneault’s fans is Roland Stringer, founder of publishing company The Secret Mountain; he’s referred [...]
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