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Press Release: PBS KIDS SERIES’ VIEWERSHIP JUMPS 33 PERCENT AMONG CHILDREN 4-8 AND 17 PERCENT WITH 2-5-YEAR-OLDS

It is pretty exciting to see that education based programming like the shows on PBS Kids are starting to gain in viewership. Eva has watched PBS Kids shows since she was one year old. Her favorite is Curious George but she is also a fan of the other three shows mentioned in this press release. She enjoys The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!, Dinosaur Train and Super Why.

Dinosaur Train
Credit: Courtesy of The Jim Henson Company

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Review: DINOSAUR TRAIN “Dinosaur Big City” Screening Party

Today we hosted a special Dinosaur Train movie screening at our house. I connected with the folks at PBS Kids while at the EVO ’11 conference and because of that I’ll be doing some special reviews and posting some great info about PBS Kids on the blog. This is perfect because Eva is a huge fan of PBS Kids and the great programming that they have. Dinosaur Train is one of those terrific shows that is on PBS Kids. It is about a family of Pteradons and their adopted T-Rex son, Buddy. They go on some fun adventures through the many different time periods of prehistory. They get to the different time periods through a special train that goes through time tunnels. There is even a lesson about real dinosaurs at the end of each episode. Trains and dinos, ow can you go wrong with the hearts of kids everywhere. Well, the show was a hit and it is back for a second season starting Monday August 22. We were lucky enough to get a special DVD of a bunch of upcoming episodes including the big movie “Dinosaur Big City”.

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