Each year, Parents’ Choice hands out a dizzying array of awards in numerous categories, most notably Music. The breakdown of the awards are as follows: Gold, Silver, Recommend, Approved, Classic, and Fun Stuff. Read more about the award levels here. This Fall, Gold Awards in Music went to: Justin […]
It’s not a new song, just one of his best. It’s also seasonally appropriate, and now you can hear it in it’s entirety for free. If your kids weren’t already clamoring for fun-sized chocolates and homemade costumes, this’ll do the trick. Ain’t that a nice treat? Enjoy “Trick or Treat”, […]
It took approximately 27.6 seconds for the Bear’s mental hamster wheel to spin a story of a skeleton key, bumble bees, a scale, and a sleeping parachuting fella. A few moments later, the Mouse spit a tall tale involving an alien landing in a fountain then blowing up like a […]
HEALTHY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT I appreciate that Healthy Food For Thought, an album with such a precise focus that could easily have become overpowering and preachy (especially at a hefty 120 minutes), takes a mixed bag approach to delivering it’s worthwhile message. The subtle, often humorous, […]
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 it to the slick computer graphics of today, I can see why it may leave others feeling ho-hum. This […]
Yesterday in Western Massachusetts, Dan Zanes lent his guitar and distinctive voice to my favorite track from Elizabeth Mitchell’s forthcoming “Sunny Day”. While he’s no Levon Helm (who performs on the album version), he’s certainly no slouch! This live video of “Keep On The Sunnyside” is one of many outstanding […]
There are a number of venues, big and small, across the nation booking children’s entertainment. Some host music, some theater, others dance/comedy/film/variety shows. Symphony Space in New York City (more famously known, to the Mrs and I at least, as the ‘Selected Shorts’ place…sponsored by Zabars Coffee and ZabarsCoffee.com – […]
Who needs a big budget when you’ve got a parrot costume handy? Maine’s very own Flannery Brothers give video treatment to “Pirate or Parrot?”, a goofy shanty song that my girls like very much. I haven’t written much about the Flannery boys here on OWTK, but that’ll change in the […]
