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Kid’s DVD Review: Babar and Father Christmas

Kid’s DVD Review: Babar and Father Christmas
Tweet Slowly but surely, we’re coming around to Babar.  I don’t remember the series when I was a child in the 80′s, so I have no built in affinity for it, and for the first 7 years of my life as a parent I paid little attention...
December 7th, 2011 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

Kid’s DVD Review: TEENY-TINY and the Witch Woman (Scholastic Storybook Treasures)

Kid’s DVD Review: TEENY-TINY and the Witch Woman (Scholastic Storybook Treasures)
Tweet I’m all for recycling, I am, but far too many of the new Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD sets include stories that were just used in recent collections.  This rapid recycling trend has left me mostly ho-hum when Scholastic packages...
October 21st, 2011 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

I’m Sorry Huckle

Tweet A couple months back, in OWTK’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, I wrote this: I’m not the biggest fan of [Richard] Scarry’s books. Today I’d like to formally apologize to Richard Scarry, to the good, um, people of Busytown, and yes,...
January 25th, 2011 | Musings on Parenting, OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

Kid’s DVD Review: Scholastic Storybook Treasures – The Halloween Stories Collection

Tweet A Very Brave Witch is my girl’s all-time favorite Scholastic DVD (and we have dozens of ‘em).  For them, it’s not seasonal viewing.  They watch it all year ’round. As Scholastic is known to do, they’ve re-purposed...
October 26th, 2010 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

Kid’s DVD Review: Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus – The Mo Willems Cartoon Collection

Kid’s DVD Review: Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus – The Mo Willems Cartoon Collection
Tweet One major drawback, for some, of the Scholastic Storybook Treasury series is the somewhat staid voice-over-top-of-pages-from-the-book thing.  While we love the vintage feel of that kind of book-to-video presentation, generally preferring...
September 28th, 2010 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

Kid’s DVD Review – Scholastic Storybook Treasures Adventures At School

Kid’s DVD Review – Scholastic Storybook Treasures Adventures At School
Tweet Over the past couple months, Scholastic DVDs have been piling up in my office.  Included in the stack are Max & Ruby’s Max’s Chocolate Chicken, the new ASL sign language formatted videos – a simply marvelous idea –...
August 23rd, 2010 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

The Dirty Sock Funtime Band – DVD Review

The Dirty Sock Funtime Band – DVD Review
Tweet The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a psychedelic mashup of Aerosmith, the B-52′s, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Monkees custom built for the Spongebob generation.  The band’s inaugural DVD contains the 1st three episodes of...
July 28th, 2010 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Motherhood DVD Review & Giveaway *WINNER ANNOUNCED*

Motherhood DVD Review & Giveaway *WINNER ANNOUNCED*
Tweet With a cast of Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards, a straight-to-DVD release for this film seemed highly unusual.  After watching Motherhood, I understood why a nationwide theatrical release wasn’t in the cards. Motherhood,...
March 5th, 2010 | GIVEAWAYS, OWTK DVD REVIEWS | Read More

The Jimmies – Trying Funny Stuff DVD Review

Tweet The Jimmies are HUGE in my house.  They’re probably the Bear’s fave band.  Nary a day goes by without her belting out “Everyday’s a holiday with you!”, rustling her hair along with “Bedhead”,...
November 6th, 2009 | OWTK DVD REVIEWS, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews, OWTK MOVIE REVIEWS | Read More

The Fine Friends Are Here – Dan Zanes DVD Review

Tweet Dan Zanes is amazing. His hair, the leg slide thing he does, his raspy voice, the musicians he surrounds himself with – all of it practically perfect in every way. The Fine Friends Are Here!, his latest live DVD release (on the delayed...
October 1st, 2009 | Dan Zanes, OWTK DVD REVIEWS, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
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