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Walmart Launches Category First with Sproutlings – All Natural Crayons, Arts & Crafts

Walmart has partnered with Sproutlings to offer a category first at all its stores nationwide – natural crayons and arts & crafts. A category first in Walmart, which to date has been dominated by one brand (Crayola), Sproutlings brings customers premium natural crayons at an affordable price point. Made using natural and food-grade ingredients, and recycled and compostable packaging, Sproutlings is on a mission to provide the most accessible, safe, and sustainably made arts and crafts products that encourage creative & learning development for kids.

Holiday Hill Farm’s Spookley the Square Pumpkin Has Expansion in Video, Music Streaming Distribution

Halloween is for everyone! Holiday Hill Farm – home of beloved holiday icon Spookley the Square Pumpkin (www.spookley.com) – has announced a major expansion in distribution for its animated music videos and live-action shorts, as well as the memorable music featured across all of its content. Just in time for Halloween, Spookley fans will be able to enjoy more Spookley videos and songs on more platforms than ever before.

Calico Critters Launches New E-Commerce Website

Calico Critters, the globally popular toy brand that celebrates “Family, Love and Nature” invites its fans to experience wonder and enchantment as they shop, explore and build worlds out of their own imagination with the new direct to consumer website. Launched this month, the new website gives consumers access to the full line of connectible and collectible dolls and playsets, and exclusive access to limited edition products that will be introduced year-round.

Speed Society Releases “The Racing Class” Streetwear Collaboration with VP Racing Fuels

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PBS KIDS to Premiere Animated Series, ‘City Island’ – New ‘Molly of Denali’ Shorts

City Island, a new series of animated digital shorts for early elementary school-aged children, will be coming to audiences across the U.S. starting December 26, 2022 on PBS KIDS. From creator Aaron Augenblick, founder of animation studio Augenblick Studios, and Future Brain Media, the new shorts will feature a civics curriculum, highlighting topics like cooperation, conflict resolution, and city planning, helping to foster young viewers’ understanding of how cities and communities work. The series stars Kimia Behpoornia and Kimiko Glenn, with guest appearances that include Amy Schumer, Julio Torres, James Adomian, and Debi Mazar.

9 Story Distribution Secures New UK Home at CBeebies for Iconic Children’s Series ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’

9 Story Distribution International is pleased to announce that the beloved preschool series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood has been picked up by CBeebies and is now available to children across the UK on BBC iPlayer. After premiering on PBS KIDS in 2012, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is now in its sixth season and distributed in 180 countries around the world. The series is co-produced by Fred Rogers Productions and 9 Story Media Group and animated by 9 Story’s award-winning animation studio Brown Bag Films. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is created by Angela C. Santomero (Blue’s Clues, Super WHY!) and distributed by 9 Story Distribution International. Executive producers are Angela C. Santomero, Chief Creative Officer at 9 Story Media Group; Ellen Doherty, Chief Creative Officer of Fred Rogers Productions; and Vince Commisso, President & CEO, 9 Story Media Group.

‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’ Season Two Begins November 4th on Disney Channel and Disney Junior

A new season of Disney Junior’s Mickey Mouse Funhouse, the whimsical animated series from Disney Branded Television that has amassed over 110 million views to date across digital platforms, will premiere Friday November 4th, at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel and Disney Junior, timed to Mickey’s birthday month. The episodes will stream on Disney+ early next year. Season two will include action-packed pirate-themed adventures for Disney’s #1 star, Mickey Mouse, and his pals—Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto—as they visit real-world and fantastical locales with Funny, an enchanted talking playhouse voiced by Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows). Season one is currently available on Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney+.

Fred Rogers Productions Moves to New HQ in Southside Works, Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh’s own Fred Rogers Productions (FRP) recently relocated to the SouthSide Works neighborhood to a workspace that is both practical and cost-effective while fostering creative inspiration important to the company’s mission of providing quality entertainment for children and their families.

Licensing News

Licensing International Releases Results of 2022 Global Study of Diversity in Licensing

Licensing International, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Netflix, hosted a live event to announce the results of the 2022 Global Study of Diversity in Licensing. The study, which was first established in 2020, is in its second-year measuring benchmarks across the licensing industry in an effort to hold the industry accountable for its diversity & inclusion commitments placed in 2020.