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February 09, 2016: The Good Dinosaur, Kung Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours, Jonathan Sprout: American Heroes
Listen in as we review Kung Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours and The Good Dinosaur which comes out on Blu-Ray/Digital HD later this month. In honor of President's Day, we interviewed Grammy nominated, award-winning musician Jonathan Sprout about his CD American Heroes #4. Host Keefer Blakeslee is joined by KIDS FIRST! reporters Na'im, Nathaniel, Lainey and Samantha. Before you spend your hard earned money at the movies, be sure to listen to what our youth reporters have to say.
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Singer-songwriter and recording artist, Jonathan Sprout has dedicated the past 21 years to creating meaningful and captivating "hero music" for children. Sprout began this journey in 1994 after reading the results of a nationwide poll detailing children's top 10 heroes, which included cartoon characters such as Bart Simpson and Beavis & Butthead along with several professional athletes whose off-field antics were anything but heroic. This made Sprout question, "who are our real heroes and why are we not teaching our children about their importance?" That's when Sprout's idea to write and record songs for children about real heroes was born. Since then, Jonathan Sprout has written over forty .....
Jane Addams (1860-1935) established a settlement house for poor immigrants in Chicago when she was 29 years old. The success of this community center, known as Hull House, inspired the creation of hundreds of centers across America. Though sometimes harshly criticized by the newspapers, she worked tirelessly for more than forty years, teaching the less fortunate how to help themselves.
