Last week Elmo celebrated his birthday and this week he is releasing a brand new DVD, Elmo’s World: Elmo’s Favorite Things. (out today, February 7th) The latest disc from the Sesame Workshop contains eight (8) episodes of Elmo’s World and features the DVD premiere of Elmo’s World Building Things. As you would expect, the regular cast of characters are all here: Elmo, Mr. Noodle, his brother Mr. Noodle and their sister Miss Noodle. And of course, Dorothy his pet fish is also here. It’s a collection of episodes that normally air towards the end of every Sesame Street episode. At this stage in the game you know exactly what you’re going to get from an Elmo DVD. Whether it’s Elmo talking to children, Dorothy, Mr. Noodle or other Sesame Street monsters; your child will be
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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 the usual cast of characters as they launched into orbit to find a treasure in space. Since they’re off in space, they run into alternate universe versions of characters with Martian Mickey, Pluto from Pluto and Moon Men Chip & Dale — plus Space Pirate Pete (my daughter’s favorite) and his helper, Quoodles, a female Toodles. As with most Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes, it kept my daughter enthralled the entire time. While Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure doesn’t break any
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I think we’re all in agreement — and if we aren’t, then I don’t even know what to say to you right now — that Michael Rachap of Readeez is one of the great unheralded heroes of the kindie scene. His songwriting is witty and sharp, he only gives interviews to the finest publications, and his songs are as adorable as well as educational. Yea, verily, Rachap giveth. But what’s that? You want more? You’re terribly greedy — and very lucky. We’ll let Michael fill you in: Want to win an awesome gift for a child you care about? I’m giving away an autographed Grand Slam Bundle, plus a Money Math Folderful (value: $56.95) just to encourage sharing. I call it the Tweet-A-Readee Contest. It’s way easy to enter. Details are here, but it’s basically this
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One of my favorite animated films from 2010 was Tangled, the Disney CG feature that was heartwarming, exciting and an all around great family movie. What I really enjoyed was that Disney embraced their roots and included musical numbers in Tangled. It seems that after Pixar made CG films cool and “adult,” and then Dreamworks began making fun of animated musicals, a singing cartoon character was too much, even though live action stars had suddenly embraced the musical genre again. I digress. My point about Tangled holds true for Rio, the latest animated film from the great studio, Blue Sky. These are the folks behind the Ice Age movies, Horton Hears A Who, and one of my favorites, Robots. Rio is another winner for Blue Sky, and it’s a winner for audiences, too. In its
Read More »Hey there gang, Friendship Day is Saturday, July 30th! In honor of one of the coolest days ever, Dadnabbit is having a giveaway in conjunction with the August 2nd release of Rio
Read More »Don’t feel like shelling out to fill your kids’ Easter baskets with toys and candy this year? Never fear! Disney’s giving away a whole bunch of stuff to celebrate the holiday, and if you’re our lucky winner, all you’ll have to do is accept delivery of this mound of April bounty from your sweating, angry mailman. Here’s what you (and, uh, your kids) stand to win: Winners will receive a Disney-themed Easter Basket that values over $200, including Blu-ray & DVD Combo Packs for the exciting new releases of Ponyo, The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Special Editions; a special Princess Tiana & Prince Naveen Wedding Doll Playset that is only available in Disney Stores, an adorable Ponyo plush toy, and assorted holiday chocolates and Easter eggs. Sounds pretty great,
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