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VeggieTales: Happy Together!

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VeggieTales: Happy Together! Stories about family, friendship, and faith Happy Together! is an 80+ minute compilation dvd featuring 3 classic VeggieTales stories: Sheerluck Holes and the Golden Ruler Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen (short version) The Grapes of Wrath. It also includes 3 Silly Songs: Pants Dance of the Cucumber Larry Sings the Blues. Poor Larry has lost his favorite stuffed bear and is feeling rather low.  When he agrees to be the sound person in the new “happimentary”, Larry learns about what true happiness and friendship means.  Through the fun videos and interview with the veggie kids, Larry…

Review: The Narnia Code

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Most of us have heard about the Christian symbolism in the Narnia series, but could there be even deeper meaning written into the books?  Could all of the mystery be solved if we cracked the code?  For years, many people have felt there was more than met the eye in the C.S. Lewis Narnia series, but they couldn’t crack the code. Did Michael Ward finally unlock the code? Did he find the key to the Narnia mystery?  Many years after the first Narnia books were published, Michael Ward stumbled across what looked like a hidden code in C.S. Lewis’ writings. …

Review: Mrs. McVeigh’s Magnificent Manners Show Dvd

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Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners Dvd Synopsis: When “Mrs. McVeigh” teams up with her wacky temporary assistant, Professor Maynard (pronounced “Mannered” when he is Mrs. McVeigh’s assistant), she shows the good Professor how to do things the right way. Your kids will laugh and relate to Professor Maynard as he learns throughout the DVD what demonstrating good manners really mean. The lessons include meeting and greeting, restaurant manners, table manners, how to set a table, how to write a thank you note, and more! About Mrs. McVeigh: Manners expert Elise McVeigh has been teaching manners classes to children since 2003.  She brings…

Review: A Walk in My Shoes

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Last week, I wrote about the Family Movie Night on NBC.  On December 3rd, A Walk in My Shoes will be premering on NBC at 7pm CST.  We were given an opportunity to preview the movie a little early.  We snuggled up in bed to watch the new family-friendly movie. Movie Synopsis: Ever judge someone just by looking at them? Of course, we’ve all made snap judgments about people. But what if we really got to know them? How would our opinions change? And what if we were forced to become them… how would the shoes fit then? Stressed-out high…

Review: Cool It!

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Cool It: The Movie Movie Synopsis: Climate catastrophe? The end of civilization as we know it? Cool It is based upon the book of the same name and lectures by Bjorn Lomborg, the controversial author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. Award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner travels the world with Lomborg exploring the real facts and true science of global warming and its impact. Lomborg is the founder and director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, a globally respected think tank that brings together the world’s leading economists to prioritize major global problems — among them malaria, the lack of potable water and HIV/AIDS…