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Recent highlights from Punnybop

Recent highlights from Punnybop
Photo by Eric Staudenmaier, from Clare Crespo's "Hey There, Cupcake!" (Melcher Media, 2004)
We have been showcasing some outstanding books, music, and DVDs on Punnybop recently that would make fun and inexpensive holiday gifts. We also have a truly exceptional giveaway going on right now.

When we first decided to include a kids' media blog as a part of our planned blog network, it was because we recognized that there was a lot of great stuff that got lost in the shuffle on Z Recommends, and that most of it was kids' media in one form or another. What we've found since we launched Punnybop is that blending reviews of books, music, DVDs, and games with video clips and discussions of classic shows for kids and contemporary "grownup" fare that suits them is a fun and energizing mix.

If you aren't yet a regular reader of Punnybop, make sure you check out:

  • Today's review of Yummyfun Kooking, a new kids' cooking show from a veteran "fun food" chef

  • The visual feast of Argentinian illustrator's whimsical "Half of an Elephant," and the quiet genius of the multimedia Yellow Umbrella

  • Danielle Sansone's "Two Flowers" lullaby CD

  • An amazing alphabet book that must be seen (in a video demo) to be believed

  • Sesame Street on how crayons are made, and one musician's homage to the music behind the video

  • Our LeapFrog giveaway of one Didj Custom Gaming System and game, one Leapster II and game, and one Tag Reading system and two books, which ends in less than two days


  • Don't miss the many great giveaways, thoughtful reviews, and bite-sized snippets of online entertainment to come! You can have Punnybop delivered to your favorite RSS reader or email inbox.
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    1. kenm [10/26/08]

    Comments from a family physician:
    A “chemical burn” is an irritation that occurs always or at least very often after exposure to a certain chemical.  “Contact dermatitis” is an allergy that occurs in response to a chemical in susceptible persons.  Examples are the “chemical burn” of battery acid on anyone’s skin, versus the “contact dermatitis” in response to nickel in jewelry in some persons. 

    So I disagree with the doctor’s diagnosis of a “chemical burn” in Ava’s Tagless Horror blog, in that not all exposed persons develop the rash.  Her child is sensitive to the dye in the label, as her pictures document.  It seems to me that the scientifically incorrect term “chemical burn” is likely designed to sympathize with the parents’ justified fright and anger, but is unnecessarily emotionally loaded--"burn" connoting trauma.

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