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DVD Picks: Brainy Baby


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DVD Picks: Brainy Baby

Ages: 6 months to 3 years
Producer: The Brainy Baby Company
Length: 45 minutes, plus bonus footage on DVD

Live action, traditional computer animation*, colour, stereo

Scene selection, automatic and repeat play modes

Features: Behind the Scenes, Baby Bloopers, storybook, activities

DVD SRP: $19.95
VHS SRP: $15.95

Release date: August 24, 2004

The DVD can be ordered July 27 onward, on www.brainybaby.com, or by phoning toll free to 1-877-455-BABY (2229).

Brainy Baby was one of the year's top Parenting Magazine children's video picks in 2003.


We all now how critical a child's first few years are. Brainy Baby's two latest titles, "Laugh & Learn" and "Peak-A-Boo" are near perfect ways to develop their learning skills in those precious first years.

These are Brainy Baby Company of Atlanta, Georgia's 12th and 13th titles in the acclaimed Brainy Baby Learning Library, which also includes CDs and other developmentally aiding products.

"It's been proven by child development experts again and again that children's minds are sponges that can absorb all sorts of wonderful information, if you present it to them in a way they can understand and enjoy," said Brainy Baby president Dennis Fedoruk. "Our new programs offer children the chance to further develop their minds in an enjoyable and interactive manner."

Both discs are of a similar, simple, slowly moving format, starring a multicultural cast of real kids. All but the nature scenes are set on a plain white background, making it easy to focus in on what's happening. Narrator Liz Raphael Heigesen's warm, motherly voice is on of the best possible voice-overs for this age bracket.

While both Peek-A-Boo and Laugh and Learn are recommended for tots 6 months to 3 years, they are best suited to babies and tots, respectively.

As Fedoruk has said, "Watching Brainy Baby videos is not a passive activity-- rather the program stimulates a child to interact with the action on the screen and encourages

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