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• Parents Blame Obama for Field Trip Snafu

  When in doubt, blame the president. Hey, it works for folks on swine flu, the economy and apparently for parents from Stafford County, Va. The parents of kindergartners slated for a tour of the White House who were turned away after arriving more than an hour late for their visit are blasting President Barack Obama for not being a man of the people. Read More... Posted May 23 2009, 02:01 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: education, schools, barack obama, field trip, obama, Jeanne Sager, D.C., president obama

• Eric Carle is Our New Grandpa

  One of the highlights of my job as a Babble editor is getting to read lots of children's books and occasionally meeting my favorite authors.  When I wrote about the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art a year ago, I was hoping to meet the author-illustrator himself -- but he had fled for the winter so we had to talk over email. Luckily, the gods of Very Hungry Caterpillars and Brown Bears were smiling on me last week, because I got a last-minute invite to meet Eric Carle at the Cupcake Cafe. And I brought my baby, who, while he doesn't yet appreciate the rhythmic cadences and thematic significance of The Mixed-Up Chameleon, sure likes to squeal at the pictures. The day in photos, after the jump! Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 10:05 AM by editors with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: baby, children's books, books, cupcakes, eric carle, book of the week, drawing, field trip, brown bear brown bear what do you see, carle, event, author, illustrator, illustration, very hungry caterpillar, kodak

• Babble Talk: Our New Best Friends Are "Johnny and the Sprites"

  Now this was a fun day. I've always been a bit of Muppet geek, and while the puppets on Disney's Johnny and the Sprites aren't the Jim Henson variety, the show is true to the spirit of old-school Sesame Street or Fraggle Rock. For Babble's Field Trip column,  photographer Nicole and I got to spend a full day on the soundstage -- watching puppets being created, hanging around during filming, and exploring the gigantic fake forest that is the set. And talking to puppets! The puppeteers were more than happy to approach us in character, and these guys were hilarious. (It's funny; when puppets talk to you, you feel rude not looking them in the eye.) Check out our scrapbook of the day's events here.  Posted Oct 26 2007, 11:51 AM by Gwynne Watkins with | with no comments Filed under: babble talk, field trip, johnny and the sprites