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Shrek The Musical on Bluray DVD Review Dreamworks Fox Home Entertainment Release


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If your kids never saw this Tony Award-Winning Musical Show on Broadway, here's your family's chance to own it and watch Shrek The Musical in your living room at home. Just released as a Blu-ray DVD combo and as a DVD  on October 15th by Fox Home Entertainment, this is the real deal based on the original beloved movie Shrek. Seventeen all-new songs are featured along with lots of fun, comedy and a talented cast singing and dancing in some of the most colorful costumes I've ever seen.
The Blu-ray DVD Deluxe Edition comes with fun extras like a Shrek The Musical Songbook with seven sing-alongs and a making of the musical short. It also includes a Digital HD copy that you can instantly stream and download so your busy family can enjoy the movie anywhere: on TV, computer tablet or smartphone. Best of all each disc has a run time of a full 130 minutes of entertainment.

Watch the trailer...



The news gets even better, though. Shrek fans of all ages are not going to want to miss the latest giveaway package that Fox Home Entertainment is providing to one lucky MommyBlogExpert reader. The prize up for grabs features a total of three new home releases including Shrek The Musical as well as two additional DreamWorks DVD and game combos Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion Sting and Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around. Enter to win this awesome multi-title DreamWorks Giveaway now.

The Shrek the Musical Blu-ray DVD combo has a list price of $29.99 but you can currently save 37% off and buy it for $18.99 hereShrek The Musical DVD lists for $19.98 but is now on sale for $12.99 (35% off) here.  Both are widely available online and instore.

FTC Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I disclose that I am a Fox Home Entertainment Insider brand ambassador. I received the Blu-ray DVD featured to facilitate this movie review post and Fox is providing the prize and shipping for the associated multi-title DreamWorks giveaway. However no payment was received and opinions here are my own. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

Kung Fu Panda The Scorpion Sting DVD + Game App New Kids Video Release Review


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Also released on DVD on October 15th by Fox Home Entertainment is Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion Sting in English with Spanish and French subtitles. This new TV series on Nickelodeon won the 2013 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Series and is inspired by the DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda -- the original and sequel -- animated feature film that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
The personable animal characters kids adore are back -- Po the Panda, along with his Furious Five sidekicks Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Crane and Viper -- for another rip roaring and treacherous adventure. In addition to more than two hours of viewing comprised of seven episodes and the World of DreamWorks Animation special feature, kids will delight in the Scorpion Maze game app that's also included with the DVD.

There's more: I'm thrilled to announce to Kung Fu Panda fans that Fox Home Entertainment is providing one lucky MommyBlogExpert reader with a copy of this new release! Actually, the prize up for grabs features a total of three new DreamWorks home releases including two DVD and game combos Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion Sting and Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around plus a Blu-ray DVD Deluxe Edition of Shrek the Musical. Enter to win this awesome Fox DreamWorks Multi-title Giveaway now.

The Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion Sting DVD + Game App combo has a list price of $14.98 and is widely available online and instore.

FTC Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I disclose that I am a Fox Home Entertainment Insider brand ambassador. I received the DVD Game App combo featured to facilitate this movie review post and Fox is providing the prize and shipping for the associated multi-title DreamWorks giveaway. However no payment was received and opinions here are my own. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

Monsters vs Aliens Cloning Around DVD + Game App Kids New Video Release Review


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Just released on DVD on October 15th by Fox Home Entertainment is Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around in English with Spanish and French subtitles. This new Nickeloden TV series, inspired by the original DreamWorks Animation big screen feature, is loaded with non-stop fun and action. In fact, kids can look forward to nearly three hours of entertainment dished out by a cast of wacky characters they'll probably recognize.
Also included is a Digital HD copy of the show to instantly stream and download so your family can enjoy the movie either at home on the TV or computer or on the go on mobile devices like tablets or smartphones. But that's not all, as a bonus, kids also get the game app B.O.B.'s Super Freaky Job to play with their family and friends.

I'm also going to let you in on a little secret that Monsters vs Aliens fans are going to want to know about. Fox Home Entertainment is providing one lucky MommyBlogExpert reader with a copy of this recent release! Actually, the prize up for grabs features a total of three new DreamWorks home releases including two DVD and game app combos Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion Sting and Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around plus a Blu-ray DVD Deluxe Edition of Shrek the Musical. Enter to win this awesome multi-title Fox DreamWorks Giveaway now.

The Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around DVD Game App combo has a list price of $14.98 and is widely available online and instore.

FTC Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I disclose that I am a Fox Home Entertainment Insider brand ambassador. I received the DVD Game App combo featured to facilitate this movie review post and Fox is providing the prize and shipping for the associated multi-title DreamWorks movie giveaway. However no payment was received and opinions here are my own. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

National Geographic Kids Magazine Family Fun & Educational Reading for Ages 6-14


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National Geographic has been a part of who I am practically my whole life and I consider myself a Baby Boomer that literally was raised within this magazine's famous yellow borders. As a child, I remember fondly the magazines that my Dad received monthly and how I couldn't wait for each issue to arrive in the mail so I could pore through it for fun. Come to think of it, I started "reading" National Geographic when I was around three years old, looking at the pictures before I even learned to read!

Me at 3 years old, photographed by my Daddy
Since my father saved every issue he ever received, as I grew older I often turned to these as reference materials for school reports and projects. Without a doubt, National Geographic was a very important part of my academic development that cultivated a true appreciation of knowledge and nature following me into adulthood. Fast forward to the present. Now, I'm a mom with a whole family who enjoys reading National Geographic every month. We also love traveling together to many of the exotic places we've read about within the magazine's pages, for example to see the blue icebergs on a recent trip to Iceland or unusual native animals like the kotamundi in Costa Rica.


Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon Iceland, Raphael Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com
Today I couldn't be more thrilled to be working as a National Geographic Kids ambassador sharing the brand with parents currently raising the next generation of young children. In that capacity, I recently received my first issue of National Geographic Kids magazine which is written specifically for kids 6-14 years old. 

This is a relatively new magazine that I wish had been around when I was a child. After my first peek ever at this publication, I have to admit that even as a grown-up I enjoyed it, learned a few new things and am already looking forward to the next issue. I'm thinking that both parents and kids will enjoy reading this and then discussing it together around the dinner table. Definitely a great gift idea for a birthday or the holidays coming up. 


National Geographic Kids, November 2013 issue
Published monthly and available by mail subscription by calling 800-NGS-LINE this publication comes loaded with lots of kid-friendly fascinating stories and amazing photographs of the wonderous world we live in. To keep things even more interesting and to engage young readers, there are always fun and educational games like quizzes and unscramble the words activities mixed into every issue, too.

Each month, new surprises await National Geographic Kids subscribers. I love the way this publication intertwines modern life and popular culture that kids can relate to with nature. 

For example, in the November 2013 issue there's an entertaining and informative article contrasting and comparing some of Hollywood's current popular kids movie characters and facts about real-life animals including
  • Po from Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness vs. Giant Panda*
  • Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb vs. Platypus
  • Jake from Free Birds vs. Turkey
  • Turbo from Turbo the movie vs. Snail*
  • Spider-Man from the Ultimate Spider-Man vs. Spider
*Watch for a movie review of this family film soon
Kotamundi crossing road in Costa Rica, MommyBlogExpert.com
For sure, National Geographic Kids magazine is a great way to get today's youth excited about learning and interested in the natural world, history and more. There's also a variety of fun things to learn about and do online for free on the official National Geographic Kids website at http://kids.nationalgeographic.com so it's definitely worth checking out.

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