The actress/ dancer/ vocalist/ and star of Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up,” ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” and Hollywood Records recording artist recently announced that she holding open auditions to find dancers for her next music video and for her upcoming music tour. The video is scheduled to begin shooting in June. 

Kickin’ It is probably our favorite Disney show in the house at this point, as it combines a favorite of ours, karate, with a good sprinkle of funny. Looks like Rudy, Jason Earl, is going to do a little bit of babysitting and that means that Jack, Leo Howard, is going to...

Austin Mahone is big time, and I want to say that BSCKids saw this coming…he is just plain talented. Well it seems that everyone else knows it now also and the White House even got in on it by asking him to come to the yearly Egg Roll. What you can see...

Amulet Books (an imprint of ABRAMS) announced today their plans to to release the first ever dedicated line of Wimpy Kid gift and stationery products in partnership with Galison Publishing’s Mudpuppy Brand. The stationary and children’s product line will begin appearing in stores in October and will include  journals, notebooks, magnetic pads, and...

Random House Children’s Books recently announced the release of their brand new picture eBook adaptation of the classic novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ.” The novel, written by L. Frank Baum, is one of the best known fairytales in American pop culture since its publication in 1900.

Oceanhouse Media has announced that their annual app sale in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday and NEA’s Read Across America Day has begun today. To celebrate this years “Hats Off to Reading” theme, the award-winning The Cat in the Hat digital book app is 99 cents (regular price $3.99) and The Cat in the Hat...

There’s no denying it. I have grown up to be a geeky adult. A conversation with a friend of mine over my gleeful purchase of a Captain America hoodie (because it had a cowl instead of just a regular hood), made that abundantly clear. I realized pretty quickly into the conversation that...

iStoryTime and Fox Consumer Products announced today a sale in honor of the holiday of love. The companies are offering the entire Ice Age Storybook Collection into one, lower discounted price. They are also offering an introductory price of $.99, a 90 percent savings over buying separately, for the entire collection until February 18,...

Oceanhouse Media announced today the release of their latest Dr. Suess digital book app entitled, Hunches in Bunches. The new storybook is available for both iOS and Android devices for a special introductory price.

February has been designated as “I Love to Read” month and Capstone, a leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, has announced its partnership with New Horizon Academy, one of the nation’s most successful and respected child care providers, to donate children’s books to the nonprofit organization Reach Out and...

iStoryTime has officially announced that they are combining their Madagascar Movie storybooks into one lower price. The storybook app includes Madagascar 1, 2 & 3 for $3.99, which is a 33% savings from the original price of $5.99 if purchased separately.

Do you like reading fantasy novels featuring talking animals? If you’re like me, you do. I had never read any featuring ones from Australia before I discovered Howard L. Anderson’s mesmerizing and fantastically fun novel, Albert of Adelaide, though. Well, not unless you count Winnie the Pooh, which has the kangaroos Kanga...

Months ago, Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell and disappeared, but ghost hunter Cas Lowood can’t move on. That’s because Anna, the most fierce and powerful ghost that the first-person, present-tense narrator, Cas, had ever meet before that time, was different from the others. She could have easily killed him but...