Forget the jellybeans. Kids will eat up these new DVDs

The Easter Bunny is ready to pounce.
Forget the chocolate. Jellybeans and those horrid Peeps.
Here are several great DVDs, ready for your wee one’s basket.
Thomas and his engine friends have the inside track on adventure with the all-new Thomas & Friends: Full Steam Ahead is a 3-disc set complete with a free toy engine. Featuring three action-packed DVDs (Team Up With Thomas, Wobbly Wheels & Whistles and Railway Friends), this gift set, packed with oodles of bonus tracks, is sure to please fans everywhere with hours of fun. The award-winning Thomas & Friends teaches timeless life lessons of discovery, friendship and cooperation, inviting children to enter a world of imagination through the tracks of a train and the words of a story.
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It’s three times the love, laughter, sharing and caring with Barney Loves You. This 3-disc set features the huggable, loveable Barney and his playground friends discovering the joys of friendship and family through imagination, song and dance. Come join everyone’s favorite T-Rex in this heartwarming collection featuring Barney: We Love Our Family, Barney: You Can Be Anything and Barney: I Love My Friends. Yep, lots of bonuses here too!

Go on egg-citing adventures with Dora and celebrate the seasons with Max & Ruby in two nifty DVDs. In thw two-disc Dora’s Easter Collection, enjoy more than three hours of Easter adventures in this perfect Easter gift. Free Easter stickers are available inside for a limited time only. Then, in Max and Ruby: A Bunny for Every Season, enjoy more four hours of seasonal favorites for year-round fun.
Dora teaches Spanish words or phrases to the viewers and then asks them to use it to solve a problem and forge ahead. Ultimately, Dora and her best friend, Boots, triumph, and the story always ends with a “We Did It!” anthem.

One of the reasons we love Mill Creek Entertainment (other than their super low prices) is the plethora of releases they offer for kids of all ages.
The latest batch includes three award-winning programs: Rarg which received the BAFTA nomination and won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Short Animated Film; Animal Stories, a BAFTA Winner for Best Pre-School; and Eddy & The Bear based on Jez Alborough’s bestselling children’s books and BAFTA Winner for Best Pre-School Animation from the Collingwood O’Hare collection.
Additionally, Volume 2 of Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors debuts for the first time on DVD, and the first 28 episodes of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad and the first 32 episodes of the hit ‘80s animated series Beverly Hills Teen will be released. Also included in the offerings are all 40 episodes of the popular series Street Sharks, the first volume of The Wacky World of Tex Avery and a fun, 10-episode compilation of The Awesome Adventures of Johnny Test. Additionally, there are two movie collections available including a double feature presentation of Toy Warrior and Kiddo the Super Truck plus the 12 Family Movie Favorites collection that is sure to entertain audiences of all ages.

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, Pittsburgh Stage and Screen Examiner

Alan W. Petrucelli has been an Entertainment Czar since 1980, when he wrote his first national story---an obit of David Janssen. His work has been published in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Redbook, Us Weekly, People, Family Circle and USA Weekend. His latest book, Morbid...

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