"Kid Guides: Aquariums" DVD Earns Rave from School Library Journal

Janson Media's new DVD Kid Guides: Aquariums received a rave review from School Library Journal in its July 2008 issue. The entire review follows:Gr 1-6 — Want to see through a jellyfish? Watch sharks being fed? See what a tuna looks like? Matt and Brittney, two young narrators, take viewers on amazing tours of three of the best aquariums in the United States. In each location, live-action photography and interviews with trainers and keepers offer an up-close visit to an aquarium. Each tour starts with a map pinpointing the location. After a quick city tour of famous landmarks, Matt and Brittney enter the aquarium. The photography of each facility and the marine life is breathtaking. At the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, there are sea horses, a diver in a tank, and a white tiger being trained to hunt using a papier-mâché animal. Viewers are taken under a glass tank of sharks and visit piranhas. The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago houses green sea turtles, Amazon fish and reptiles, a coral reef exhibit, a trainer working with beluga whales, and more. A vet, while conducting physical exams on sharks, talks about careers in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine. The Monterey Bay regional aquarium in California is next, where all the sea animals are local to the waters right outside the facility. A curator demonstrates how they grow their own kelp. There are touch tanks, a marine sanctuary, splash zones where the kids put on wet suits and dive tanks to get inside the exhibits. The 'Explorer's Corner' section reviews the previous three segments. Wonderful music segues between exhibits. Matt and Brittney sparkle with child-like delight and ask intelligent questions. Each segment can be selected individually from the DVD menu. This gem is the next best thing to an actual visit to these aquariums. — Marilyn Hersh, Hillside Elementary School, Farmington Hills, MI You can also read the entire review on the SLJ.com website. Kid Guides is the winner of three Emmy ® Awards for Excellence in Children"s Programming, a &'Seal of Approval&' by the Parents Television Council, and two Parents" Choice Awards (2006 & 2007) for Children"s Television, among many other children"s and family entertainment awards. The Kid Guides: Aquariums DVD was produced by Echo Entertainment, and is available exclusively through Janson Media. Previous Kid Guides DVD releases have includedKid Guides: Zoos, Kids Sea Camp Curaçao and Kid Guides: Museums. School Library Journal, is the leading print magazine, and now SLJ.com serving librarians who work with young people in schools and public libraries. The two resources give librarians up-to-date 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.