KIDS/SNEAK PEEK : STORYBOOK OPENING FOR NEW ZANYBRAINY.Byline: - Nancy Hewitt Escape to the wonderment of creative and colorful toys and meet favorite 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. characters Madeline, Curious George Curious George inquisitive, mischievous monkey. [Children’s Lit.: Curious George] See : Curiosity , Winnie-the-Pooh, Arthur and others on Saturday and Sunday at the opening weekend of festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. at the new ZanyBrainy in Valencia Town Center. The festivities take place 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The store is at 24251 Town Center Drive, Valencia. Information: (805) 288-1635. Giving thanks The young characters from ``Recess,'' ``Disney's Doug'' and ``Pepper Ann'' celebrate Thanksgiving in different ways - from holding a can drive to observing the holiday minus a family member - in this week's ``Disney's One Saturday Morning'' lineup of shows. These Thanksgiving-themed programs will be shown between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Saturday on KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7). Zoo view Learn about breeding, rehabilitation and the status of the condor population when you take the behind-the-scenes tour of the California condors at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. . Children age 5 and older are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations should be made through the Natural History Museum. Cost is $20 for museum members, $25 for nonmembers. Information: (213) 763-3466. The Los Angeles Zoo is located at 5333 Zoo Drive. A happy anniversary Come celebrate the Autry Museum's 10th anniversary and make a decorative craft from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. You can also listen to the Wild Horse Singers at 1 p.m. in Heritage Court the same day. The anniversary celebration continues at 1 p.m. Sunday with Wolden Dahl in the Heritage Court. These free activities are included with admission to the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Admission $7.50, seniors and students with ID $5, children 12 and under $3. Information and registration: (213) 667-2000, Ext. 340. Train time Thomas the Tank Engine This article is about the fictional tank engine. For the television series, see Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tank locomotive created by the Rev. W. V. appears at the opening of the Northridge Toys 'R' Us store from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Visitors will be treated to two versions of the popular character: a 96-foot Thomas-shaped balloon, with a driver in its cab, and the Thomas road model. The chain's newest store is located at 11460 Winnetka Ave., Northridge. Information: (818) 366-8675. Holiday books Children's author Jane Breskin Zalben visits Pages Books in Tarzana at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Meet the writer and illustrator who will read and talk about her latest books - ``Beni's Family Treasury,'' which is a compilation of the five Beni holiday stories, and ``Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah,'' which is the third in a series about a lamb child and her family observances of the holidays. Zalben's books afford young readers age 4 and older a celebration of Jewish family life and holidays in a written form appropriate for them. Pages Books for Children and Young Adults Inc. is located at 18399 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. Information: (818) 342-6657. Thanks to Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh is happy and excited for it is his favorite day of the year - Thanksgiving - the day he can spend with best friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Eeyore and Rabbit in the Hundred Acre Wood The Hundred Acre Wood (also spelled as '"100 Aker Wood," Hundred-Acre Wood, and 100 Acre Wood; also known as simply The Wood') is the fictional land inhabited by Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Winnie-the-Pooh series of children's stories by author A.A. eating a wonderful dinner. ``A Winnie-the-Pooh Thanksgiving'' is shown at 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Pepper Ann Pepper Ann is an animated series created by Sue Rose and shown in the United States on ABC. It debuted in 1997. Pepper Ann starred cartoon adolescents and charted their ups and downs at Hazelnut Middle School. prepares Thanksgiving dinner, minus her father, in ``Pepper Ann.'' |
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