Red Balloon

I know I've been interminably silent while making the transition over to the new website (with over thirty children's media writi...

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. - Mao Zedong As my blogging here has tapered off over the past several months, I...

I don't really know what to say about Maurice Sendak that he couldn't say better himself. Here's the New York Times obituary f...

Just saw that the legendary songwriter Robert Sherman, who influenced so many childhoods, has passed away . I've written about his music...

Regular readers (you know who you are) know that I'm a big Milkshake fan. At our house they're some of our favorite music, and we...

I've reviewed a few apps in recent months and as I've been looking at ebooks and writing interactive samples myself my attention...

Just a note that this week's issue has a story about the current renaissance in children's TV. It's in print only, but here'...

Monday night Women in Children's Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center cosponsored an event at Sesame Workshop showcasing the center...

Happy new year! I've been writing on my other blog so I'm glad to have a reason to post here again, and a really good reason it is (...

I just published a post over at Filmmaker Magazine about the best animated films of the year, both for kids and adults. Check it out.

While we're on the subject of apps, here's one that I totally missed a month ago when it was released. It's FETCH! Lunch Rush , ...

Here's an informal announcement from Darren Lutz of Believe Animation about the latest with Dinosaurus ExploreUs . I worked on the origi...