Little Laureate

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Little LaureateCompany type| Private

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Industry| Educational multimedia
Founded| 2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Founders| Heather Maclean, Monica Gibson
Headquarters|

Lake Orion, Michigan

United States

Website| http://www.littlelaureate.com/

Little Laureate is an American company that produces developmental, multimedia products for small children and their caregivers. It was founded in 2001 by Heather Maclean and Monica Gibson.[1][2] Little Laureate products are distributed in the United States, Canada, Korea and Hong Kong.

## Premise

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Little Laureate's first products were DVD programs that promote world culture, conservation and creativity using works of art, architecture and animals with classical music and world music. The series features animation, live footage, and a process the company has dubbed "Symphonic Art Animation," wherein onscreen visuals are animated in time to classical music. The series is hosted by an animated star named "Star."[3][user-generated source?]

Little Laureate products suggest that they are meant to be watched with an adult and provide adult-only special features to promote that concept. Every piece of art onscreen is identified by a caption, like music videos, that cite the name of the work and its artist. The DVD includes an onscreen written guide called "The Crawl" that resembles VH1's Pop-up Video, and is designed to give information, inspiration and humor to adult viewers.[4][user-generated source?]

Little Laureate was the first toddler home media product optimized for high-definition television.[citation needed]

Little Laureate was the first children's series to license a song from the African Children's Choir; "Bolingo" appears on My World Safari.[citation needed]

## Titles

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* My World Gallery
* My World Adventure
* My World Colors
* My World Safari
* For the Love of Art (re-issued as "My World Gallery")
* For the Love of World Travel (re-issued as "My World Adventure")

## Awards

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* 2004: "Best Video Series of All Time," Parents magazine[5]
* 2004: "Video of the Year," Parenting magazine[6]
* 2007: "Media of the Year," Creative Child magazine[citation needed]
* "Gold Award," National Association of Parenting Publications[citation needed]
* "Top 10 Best Audio Products," Dr. Toy[citation needed]
* "Top 100 Best Products," Dr. Toy[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "PAW February 23, 2005: Perspective". www.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
2. ^ "Gizmos To Help Parents Of Babies And Tots". www.cbsnews.com. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
3. ^ "For the Aspiring Little Laureate in Your Life," Opinionated Parent, December 13, 2007
4. ^ "Little Laureate Eats Baby Einstein for Breakfast". Retrieved 2020-09-08.
5. ^ "Best Video Series of All Time for Small Children," Parents magazine, June 2004, page 63
6. ^ "Video of the Year," Parenting magazine, February 2004, page 146

## External links

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* Little Laureate official website
* Little Laureate, Internet Movie Database