Yep, just in time for the November Presidential race (and maybe as a refreshing departure from the bad vibes of recent debates) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment presents Schoolhouse Rock! The Election Collection. Released on September 23, the DVD includes the new song "Presidential Minute," along with classic videos like "I'm Just a Bill," "Preamble," "Three-Ring Government," "Electoral College," "Shot Heard 'Round the World," and the more recent tune "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College."

Now, naysayers might argue that it would be much more economical to go ahead and buy the Schoolhouse Rock! Special 30th Anniversary Edition, a two-disc set released in 2002 that included everything Schoolhouse Rock-related. But the new Election Collection is perfect for classrooms in that it collects all the electoral process videos into one neat little package. Plus, the new DVD comes with an "Election Tracking Kit" that will help kids keep track of the upcoming election results in all 50 states with maps and stickers.

Essential? No.

Useful? Yes.

Fun? Definitely!

Kids' music star Laurie Berkner will present her first ever webcast tonight at 8:00 pm EST, when she'll read fan letters and perform an acoustic version of "Rocketship Run," the title song from her latest album. The webcast will be hosted on her official Two Tomatoes website, where new and exclusive Laurie Berkner merchandise will be available immediately following the webcast.

Here's a Laurie Berkner profile to get you caught up on what this artist has been up to lately, and to see how she got to her current superstar status.

The 2008 Parents' Choice Awards for children's audio were awarded October 2, and the Gold Award winners should come as no surprise to children's music fans: Putumayo's African Dreamland, Frances England's Family Tree, Gunnar Madsen's I'm Growing, and Ralph's World's The Rhyming Circus. The Parents' Choice judges also gave out seven Silver Awards, nine Recommended Awards, and 19 Approved Awards.

Also worth checking out are the two artists who received Classic Awards, given to performers whose albums were released several years ago, but are still fresh and entertaining today. The 1998 album Singing With Treblemakers: Songs for Young Singers by The Treblemakers Children's Choir, and Jack Pearson's 1995 folk album Singin' in Our Own Back Yard are this year's Parents' Choice Classic albums, and join previous recipients such as Raffi's Quiet Time, Ella Jenkins' Seasons for Singing, and Pete Seeger's American Folk, Game, and Activity Songs for Children.

Good news and bad news for Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba! fans: the show finally made it to DVD in the form of Yo Gabba Gabba!: The Dancey Dance Bunch!, and will be released on October 14, 2008. BUT, only four episodes from the first season will be included on this single disc. A similar move by Nickelodeon got under the skin of Jack's Big Music Show fans a few years ago when that show's "first season" DVD similarly included only four episodes.

So the question is this: are fans going to pass on the Yo Gabba Gabba DVD when it includes only a quarter of the first season's episodes, or will they go ahead and buy it anyway?