KIDS/SNEAK PEEK : SONG-FILLED VIDEO IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT.Byline: - Nancy Hewitt Grover wants you to eat. But he wants you to eat lots of different healthy foods. In fact, he's made a fun-filled video about eating called ``Let's Eat Let’s Eat! is a food preparation franchise operation based in Florida There are currently 27 Let’s Eat! locations throughout the United States. Customers can prepare a months worth or more meals at a Let's Eat location. : Funny Food Songs.'' In this video, Grover plays a waiter working at the restaurant Planet Storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. . When his favorite customer comes in one day and orders the usual pepperoni pizza, Grover tries to talk him into trying something different. The 30-minute tape includes seven funny food songs including ``Cereal Girl,'' ``Blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. Mouth'' and ``The Most Important Meal of the Day.'' With the help of his pals Telly Monster Telly Monster, known usually as just Telly, is an eternally worrying fuchsia monster Muppet on Sesame Street. He is puppeteered by Martin P. Robinson. On his debut in 1979, he was known as the Television Monster , Cookie Monster (recreation) cookie monster - (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), and others, Grover celebrates healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. eating. The Sony Wonder and Children's Television Workshop Children's Television Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. release sells for $12.98 and is available at retail outlets. Winter sleepers Enjoy the reading of ``Warm in Winter: Stories of Sleepy Bears'' at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pages Books for Children and Young Adults Inc. After the storytelling, participate in a related craft. A $3 materials fee may be applied to any purchase. The store is located at 18399 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. Information: (818) 342-6657. Storybook characters Two more videos in the Madeline series have just been released. Come and enjoy the antics of the precocious French school girl at 7 tonight at all ZanyBrainy stores. The Cat in the Hat visits the Valencia ZanyBrainy store at 11 a.m. Saturday. So bring your camera and get a hug, too. Representatives from ``What's Next,'' makers of some of the hottest yo-yos around, visit the Thousand Oaks ZanyBrainy at 1 p.m. Monday to demonstrate some of their neat products. Stores are found in Thousand Oaks at Northgate Center, 111 S. Westlake Blvd., Suite 101, (805) 449-4277; Pasadena, Hastings Village, 3393 E. Foothill Blvd., (626) 351-4663; Valencia, Town Center Drive, 24201 Valencia Blvd., (805) 288-1635. Use your imagination Take a trip into the land of make-believe when storyteller and actress Diane Berkowitz shares tales at 2 p.m. Saturday in the May Discovery Center of the Petersen Automotive Museum The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of . Story hour is free with admission to the museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Admission $7 adults; $5 seniors and students; $3 children ages 5 to 12; children under age 5 are free. Information: (323) 930-2277. Great outdoors Take advantage of the warm winter weather and spend some time hiking and exploring nature walks. On Saturday, Eaton Canyon in Pasadena offers kids the opportunity to play with ladybugs and watch sea birds. Griffith Park Bird Sanctuary in Los Angeles provides a green and peaceful place to spend the day. Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). Canyon in Malibu promises a magical walk you won't forget. On Monday, celebrate Martin Luther King Day at Solstice Canyon. Then, on Tuesday visit Rocky Oaks in Malibu Hills where you can look for life in the pond In the Pond is a 1998 novel by Ha Jin, who has also written Under the Red Flag, Ocean of Winds, and Waiting. He has been praised for his works relating to Chinese life and culture. . Thursday, another walk in the Griffith Park Bird Sanctuary is planned or you can drop by Pierce Farms in Woodland Hills and talk to the animals. All walks are scheduled for 10 a.m. each day and reservations are required. A $5 donation per family is requested. Walks are handled by the Children's Nature Institute, 1440 Harvard St., Santa Monica. Information and reservations: (310) 364-3591. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Grover urges better nutrition in ``Let's Eat: Funny Food Songs.'' |
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