• SpongeBob SquarePants Archive

    A turtle, a rabbit and a little girl walk into a toy store…It sounds like the makings of a great joke, but seriously speaking, we’re getting pumped for the annual Toy Fair, which officially kicks off this Sunday. Some companies decided to get an early start on things, and that includes Nickelodeon. We were invited to the unveiling of their 2014 toy line-up, highlighting a handful of their top brands, including SpongeBob, Peter Rabbit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the latest chapter in the Dora saga, Dora and Friends. Here’s what you can expect your kids to be pining for in the coming months: Everyone’s favorite sea sponge (is there any other?) was front and center at the toy preview, with more than 30 new [&hellip

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    At a time when SpongeBob is making waves for influencing poor attention spans in preschoolers, I feel the need to dust off some of my childhood classics, crawl back under the covers and remember a time when no one griped that Cookie Monster was responsible for making us eat too many chocolate chips. One of my favorite friends was Babar, the elegant elephant whose only flaw was making me want to learn French before I could master the English language. Nevertheless, the antics of papa elephant, Celeste and their adorable family was my first taste of sophistication and one that I can appreciate even more today as I read to my children. Picking up from where the story lines leave off are newly released twin [&hellip

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