Archive for April 2009

Blue’s Clues for Little Artists

This morning I picked a bright orange hairband to pull back my daughter’s hair.  She asked why I picked orange.  I told her I thought it was a cool color. My five year old corrected me.  “Orange is a warm color, Mom.” She learned that from Blue’s Art Time Activities.  She used it a lot in preschool [...]

New Kids DVDs: April 21

    For animation fans, a few kids DVDs were released today. Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2  30 episodes from the first season of Steven Spielberg’s cartoon series – one of the best animated shows of the 1990s. Stuart Little: The Animated Series – A Little Family Fun  Three episodes from the popular animated series [...]

2009 Christopher Awards

    The 60th annual Christopher Awards were presented on April 16th as a salute to media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”  The following books won this year’s Christopher Awards in the “Books for Young People” category. Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (Young Adult)  Story of 18 year old who [...]

New Kids DVDs: April 7

    Today’s kids DVD releases: Bedtime Stories  Entertaining family film starring Adam Sandler.  We saw this in the theatre and the whole family really enjoyed it. Disney released a three-volume collection of its short animated films including Volume 1 Mickey and the Beanstalk, Volume 2 Three Little Pigs and Volume 3 The Prince & the Pauper. [...]