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OCTOBER 2005
 Coalition for Quality Children’s Media endorses
A Day in the Life of a zoo!
One juror commented: “Liked the footage of the zoo animals. One two-year-old kept putting her hands on the floor and walking on all fours every time she saw the apes or monkeys saying they walk like this. Kids wanted to watch it again immediately and pointed out their favorite animals as reasons why.”
The Coalition for Quality Children’s Media is a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1991, and the All-Star rating is their highest award, given to only the top ten-percent of products they review. |
AUGUST 2005
 Wink & Blink win a Second
iPARENTING MEDIA AWARD!
Well Wink & Blink fans, the good news just keeps on coming! We are proud to tell you that A Day in the Life of a Zoo! has won an iParenting Media Award.
The iParenting Media Awards program evaluates children's media and juvenile products using the expertise of licensed childcare centers, experts and parents nationwide. Their objective is to find the best products, recognize them with their award and deliver insightful feedback to all submissions. |
JULY 2005
CREATIVE CHILD MAGAZINE’S PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD
We are pleased to announce that A Day in the Life of a Zoo! has won the prestigious Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine. Stupendous!
About Creative Child Magazine: Founded in 1998, Creative Child Magazine is a bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. With departments such as Kids at Play, Health and Safety, Discovering Creativity, Nurturing Talent and Tomorrow's Child - Investing for Your Child's Future, Creative Child Magazine is essential and the most complete parenting publication for raising well-balanced children. |
JULY 2005
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ZOO GETS A TELLY, TOO!
 Holy cow, kids! Wink & Blink's second adventure, A Day in the Life of a Zoo! is a Bronze Telly Award Recipient in the 26th Annual Telly Awards. How Cool! With this honor, Laurel Hill Entertainment's Adventures with Wink & Blink children’s' series joins a distinguished list of award recipients including PBS, Discovery Kids and Sesame Workshop.
Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premiere award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 10,000 entries annually from all 50 states and many foreign countries. |
JULY 2005
THE DOVE FOUNDATION APPROVES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ZOO!
We are please to announce that The Dove Foundation has approved Wink & Blink's second adventure A Day in the Life of a Zoo! for family friendly viewing. Check out their wonderful review:
"As Wink and Blink take you though the Magic Door on this adventure to the Zoo, you will learn all kinds of information regarding the animals, caretakers, and veterinarian of the Zoo. One of the things that you can learn is the different categories animals fit into because of what they eat. This is a delightful movie about the zoo since you can see all different types of animals, birds, fish, and reptiles. Solve a mystery with the clue keys you find at the zoo. All will enjoy this educational movie."
Celebrating its 14th year as an advocate for family values in entertainment, the Dove Foundation is a non-profit organization established to encourage and promote the creation, production, and distribution of wholesome family entertainment. |
AUGUST 2005
 SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL REIVEWS
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ZOO!
Adventures with Wink & Blink: A Day in the Life of a Zoo! DVD. Color. 30 min. Laurel Hill Entertainment. 2005. ISBN 0-9753885-3-3. $12.98.
PreS-Gr 4 – In this live-action follow-up to Wink and Blink’s A Day in the Life of a Garbage Truck! (June 2004,p.68), the duo return from the Land of Imagination to explore the wonderful world of zoos with their human friends Wendy, Jack, and Danny. Wink and Blink accompany the three children to the movie theater where they are introduced to mammals, fish, birds, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. The children, as well as viewers, are asked to keep an eye out for three different keys that are clues to discover the Magic Door’s favorite animal at the zoo. By the end of the episode, the three youngsters use their deductive
skills to find out that the Magic Door’s favorite thing is a mammal that has hooves and black and white stripes – a zebra. Filmed at the Santa Barbara Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, and the San Diego Zoo, viewers are given a look behind the scenes at the work of the zoo keepers, including a glimpse into the kitchen while meals are prepared for a variety of animals. Youngsters are introduced to a wide range of animals including birds that don’t fly and mammals that live in the water, and learn the difference between apes and monkeys, and more. They also learn that it’s okay to be different when they are introduced to Gemina, a giraffe with a crooked neck. Filled with animal facts and beautiful footage, this adventure will be welcome in classrooms as well as for home viewing.-Veronica Schwartz, Des Planes Public Library, IL
School Library Journal is the one place for librarians to find indispensable information needed to integrate libraries into the school curriculum, become leaders in the areas of technology, reading, and information literacy, and create high-quality collections for children and young adults. |
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