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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, Rated PG)
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2012 (2009, Rated PG-13)
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Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009, Rated PG)
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that, unlike The Polar Express, this Robert Zemeckis adaptation of a classic holiday tale is too intense both visually and in content for families with very young children. At its heart, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a ghost ... read more

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Hot New Games

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LEGO Rock Band (Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3)
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that LEGO Rock Band is a music simulation game that is purposely made easier to play than traditional Rock Band games. It features a Super Easy mode that allows newbies and kids to play. It couples the playing of music with a silly ... read more

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Disney's A Christmas Carol (Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi)
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that Disney's A Christmas Carol video game adaption of Charles Dicken's classic tale is not as scary as the movie version released at the same time. The game is easy to learn and there is little violence aside from throwing snowballs at ... read more

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World of Zoo (Windows, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DSi)
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that this very entertaining zoo simulator mixes a lot of real animal knowledge and realistic animal behavior (tigers flinch and flee at the sight of a crocodile) and mixes it with some elements of cartoonish fantasy (pandas beat on drums ... read more

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Website Reviews for Kids

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Guys Read
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this impressive new literacy site for boys was created by father, former elementary school teacher and children's author Jon Scieszka, who wrote the best-selling fractured fairytale The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Basically a reading ... read more

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Moxie Girlz
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that this site promotes the self-esteem and confidence of "moxie," but it also focus heavily on beauty and the importance of looking good. Beauty-themed activities are balanced out by other features, like a weather center and ... read more

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Just So You Know
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that this AOL blog is aimed at celebrity-obsessed tweens and teens. It's mostly fluff, but the stories are clean and upbeat, without the snark, sexual content, and foul language found on some other gossip sites. A corner of the site is ... read more

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Top TV Picks

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Fanboy and Chum Chum (Nickelodeon)
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that there’s little depth to this over-the-top show about two friends who fancy themselves superheroes, but their thrill-seeking adventures will appeal to young tweens with vivid imaginations of their own. Exaggerated, comic-style ... read more

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Styl'd (MTV)
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that this fashion-centric reality series about up-and-coming junior stylists features some catty, sneaky behavior as the stylists vie for a prized contract with an L.A. agency. But the cast members also learn lessons about ... read more

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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Choo Choo Express (Disney Channel)
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that this lively holiday special starring the characters from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse will appeal to preschoolers’ imaginations and encourage them to use skills like shape and color identification, patterns, and sequential thinking. ... read more

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Great New Reads

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The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson
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that there is nothing to be concerned about in this heartfelt holiday tale. Families feeling burned out by holiday commercialism will find some respite here. read more

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The Christmas Magic
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Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
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that although this book will mostly satisfy sports lovers and football fanatics, it has a strong plot about Nate helping his best friend Abby deal with the onset of blindness. It also deals with how kids and parents both learn to deal ... read more

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Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan
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that the main story is how three teens experience the terrorist attack on New York City, and the tremendous impact it had immediately on their lives. A budding gay romance between two of the characters is prominent, but secondary to the ... read more

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Download This Music

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack by Various Artists
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that there are some haunting sounds on this CD, full of melancholy and woe, but nothing that would pose an issue for teens or even tweens for that matter. This soundtrack is in fact more suitable for younger kids than either the Twilight ... read more

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"Love Me" (CD single) by Justin Bieber
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that there’s not a lot to worry about in this single: it lacks foul language and mature content, focusing instead on innocent -- and idealized -- puppy love. read more

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I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight of the Conchords
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that although this album's humor is good-natured and mainly self-effacing, the language and sexual themes make the songs only appropriate for older audiences. The album covers adult themes like prostitution, the male anatomy, and ... read more

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