Lets Go Chipper! Program Launches at Barnes & Noble - Award-winning Series is Nature-inspired, Playfully Teaching Good Character in Children

San Francisco, California (PRWEB) August 30, 2011

With a goal to inspire family connections in nature and positively impact the social and emotional development of young children, Bay Area family entertainment company Its all Good media (IAGmedia, Inc.) launches its award-winning, eco-educational series Lets Go Chipper! Into the Great Outdoors into select Barnes & Noble stores today. Stores will feature end-cap and video displays of the premiere animated and live action DVD which also includes a bonus CD of award-winning music.

Winner of iParentings "Hot Product" Award and Family Fun/Disney.coms Top Ten Video Award, the DVD and bonus CD tell the story of Chipper, an overly curious city squirrel, who uses music, mishap and humor to playfully teach children about nature and the environment and the importance of respecting and caring for others. Children follow along as Chipper ventures into the great outdoors with his family on their first camping trip. It doesnt take long for Chipper to get lost but with the help of his eco-friends big and small he is returned safely to his parents with many conscientious lessons to share along with a new found love for nature.

The program offers many Chipper Tips which empower kids and parents to explore confidently and curiously together. Research shows interactions with nature play an important role in a child's development including building problem solving and critical thinking skills, creativity and positive social relationships.

Positive connections in the great outdoors directly benefit the physical and emotional well-being of a child beginning at the earliest age and we want to get them ready to go so parents will feel more confident about the experience, says creator Stephanie Rach-Wilson. We are thrilled to work with Barnes & Noble and help connect the store to communities through in-store events and our eco-educational and fun series that helps foster meaningful conversations and connections between children and parents, and with nature.

The company will list in-store events featuring story time, play-based activities and crafts for young children and visits from Chipper on its Lets Go Chipper Facebook page and announcements on Twitter.

The DVD includes a bonus music video White Sand, Blue Water which encourages kids to dance along with Peabody, a boogying brown bear. The DVD package also includes a bonus CD featuring 5 original songs featured in the video; Im Chipper, The Smore Song, We All Live In The Great Outdoors, Blue Planet Green, and The Sun Comes Up, The Sun Goes Down.

Lets Go Chipper! Into the Great Outdoors was produced by Bay Area based IAGmedia, a conscientious media company delivering products and programs that help instill respect, empathy, and a mindset to contribute to family and community. In addition to the DVD, the company offers a series of movies, music, books, and educational apps for children, 18 months to 8 years.

The book series is available currently on the company site,http://www.letsgochipper.com.

Chipper Ambassadors from around the world have joined the journey sharing tips and experiences that help keep families on the go for good, and provide ideas for child-friendly activities in nature. To inquire about being a Chipper Ambassador or to book a Chipper Story time, please email connect(at)letsgochipper(dot)com.

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New Release Puts Families on the Road to Good Health with Twists on Favorite Recipes; Book by Eleanor Fahey

Bridgewater, NJ (PRWEB) August 30, 2011

To begin cooking without grains and refined sugars, you may have to invest a little more time into food preparation. The benefits, however, to your overall health and well-being will be well worth the effort. This new comprehensive cookbook features more than 200 practical recipes that are free of grains, gluten, and refined sugars. The recipes contain easy steps that will help even the most inexperienced cooks obtain excellent results. The author developed the recipes in her own home kitchen, testing them many times. Readers will be able to enjoy some of their favorite foods that are not only delicious but also easy to digest.

Comfort Cooking provides recipes in all categories: appetizers, dips, soups, stews, breads, poultry, meat, fish, meatless meals, vegetables, fruits, and salad dressings. Those who love dessert will appreciate the recipes for pies, tarts, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and frozen desserts. Readers will learn how to make ketchup in 15 minutes and delicious key lime pie, decadent walnut brownies, and flavorful Moroccan-style chicken. The author has thought of everything, including a detailed index, a chapter on cooking techniques and a source list for shopping information.

Author Eleanor Fahey, a professional home economist, taught foods and nutrition at a public high school for more than a decade. She was inspired to write this book, which took more than seven years to develop, because she herself is allergic to grains and refined sugars. After failing to find a cookbook that worked for her, she began to experiment with her own family recipes by replacing the ingredients that caused distress with other digestible ingredients.

For more information, visit http://www.cookingwithoutgrains.com

Comfort Cooking Without Grains And Refined Sugars: More Than 200 Grain-, Gluten-, And Refined Sugar-Free Recipes For Everyday Living

Eleanor Fahey

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-731-2

324 pages

$ 19.95 US

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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2010 Life is Good Festival Spreads the Power of Optimism

West Newton, MA (PRWEB) September 22, 2010

The Life is good Festival didnt just deliver a new marquee event to the music scene last weekend, it introduced a whole new entertainment concept: a family event that wasnt painfully wimpy, folded into a contemporary concert that wouldnt make parents cringe in front of their children.

--Scott Mclennan, Boston Globe

September 21, 2010 Boston, MA Over 25,000 festival-goers of all ages attended the 2010 Life is good Festival at Blue Hills on September 11-12, 2010, embracing a new event concept that blurred traditional lines, blending and harmonizing the worlds of the traditional outdoor rock festival, family-friendly entertainment, and charitable fundraising. A wide variety of attending media proclaimed the festival a new and unique entertainment event with both wide and deep appeal.

The festival was presented by Life is good, a Boston-based company that spreads good vibes through its colorful collection of apparel and accessories, and Superfly Presents, acclaimed producers of the iconic Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and Outside Lands. The goal of the event was to raise funds for the Life is good Kids Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit committed to helping children overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty.

We were thrilled to see music fans and young families come together like a giant backyard party. We all had a blast, and attendees should be very proud of what they did. They raised a lot of awareness and much-needed funds to help kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as poverty, violence, and physical illness. For that we are extremely grateful, said Bert Jacobs, Life is good co-founder and chief executive optimist. Optimism is fun and healthy, but this weekend I think we showed it can be powerful too.

The 2010 Life is good Festival was situated at the historic and picturesque Prowse Farm, located at the foot of the Blue Hills in Canton, Mass., a suburb of Boston. The festival featured three stages, with one devoted to the best performers in Kindie Rock, including the Laurie Berkner Band, Dane Zanes & Friends, They Might Be Giants and more.

On the main stages, national headline acts such as Jason Mraz, Ben Harper and Relentless 7, Corinne Bailey Rae, Trombone Shorty, Galactic, Guster and many others rocked the event with messages of harmony and optimism, while the crowd danced and sang along.

SuperBowl XL, Detroit's Short Supply of Hotel Rooms Good for Property Owners

(PRWEB) April 13, 2005

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