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 contents 1 premise 2 baby video debate 3 titles 4 awards 5 firsts 6 distribution 7 references 8 external links premise edit little laureate s first products were dvd programs that promote world culture conservation and creativity using great works of art architecture and animals with fully scored 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 4 little laureate products suggest 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 . 5 special dvd and cd gift sets also include a 24 page parent booklet . 6 baby video debate edit little laureate has largely avoided the babies and television debate encountered by competitors baby einstein and classical baby because it uses only art to teach instead of puppets or toys and frequently cites a u.s. department of health and human services report that early art exposure helps children learn academic and life skills . 7 titles edit 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 edit best video series of all time parents magazine 8 video of the year parenting magazine 9 gold award national association of parenting publications 10 media of the year creative child magazine november 2007 top 10 best audio products dr. toy 11 top 100 best products dr. toy 12 firsts edit little laureate is the first toddler home media product optimized for high definition television . little laureate is the first children s series to license a song from the african children s choir ; bolingo appears on my world safari . distribution edit little laureate products are distributed in the united states canada korea and hong kong . references edit little laureate internet movie database heather maclean internet movie database for the aspiring little laureate in your life opinionated parent december 13 2007 learning for your little one mom s favorite stuff january 9 2008 little laureate eats baby einstein for breakfast z recommends july 9 2008 little laureate love at first sight swanky moms february 4 2008 u.s. department of health and human services report best video series of all time for small children parents magazine june 2004 page 63 video of the year parenting magazine february 2004 page 146 nappa gold award winners dr. toy top 10 best audio products dr. toy top 100 best products external links edit little laureate official website little laureate internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title little laureate & oldid 647154998 categories infancyearly childhood education in the united statestoy companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view