Common Sense Selections

Common Sense recognizes outstanding entertainment with an official seal for quality and impact. Common Sense Selections include age-appropriate media with the potential to spark family conversations, entertain families of all kinds, and have a positive, lasting effect on society.

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Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back To School TV: Elmo and Cookie Monster in a Chef's hat greeting. Yvette Nicole Brown in bg.
TV

Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School

age 2+

Fun game show celebrates reading, laughing and sweet treats.

Network: Max (2024)
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I'm Sorry You Got Mad book cover: Angry, red-faced boy seated at desk, crumpled-up drafts of apology notes swirl above him
BOOK

I'm Sorry You Got Mad

age 3+

Boy learns how to apologize in wise, relatable empathy tale.

By: Kyle Lukoff (2024)
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Secret Lives of Orangutans movie poster: Ape baby face.
MOVIE

Secret Lives of Orangutans

age 8+

Apes hunt, fight, and grow up in absorbing nature docu.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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OceanXplorers TV show: a research vessel and sea creatures are superimposed on a big letter X
TV

OceanXplorers

age 8+

Inspiring ocean docu; some intense circle-of-life moments.

Network: Disney+ (2024)
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All About U.S. book cover: Diverse kids doing daily activities
BOOK

All About U.S.: A Look at the Lives of 50 Real Kids from Across the United States

age 8+

Colorful, fascinating portraits of 50 kids in 50 states.

By: Matt Lamothe , Jenny Volvovski (2024)
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Love Under The Stars book cover: Two owls sitting on a tree branch with a night sky background
BOOK

Love Under the Stars

age 2+

Nighttime animals rule in stunning book of rhymes.

By: Katy Tanis (2024)
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Inside the Mind of a Dog movie poster: Dogs surrounding the edges
MOVIE

Inside the Mind of a Dog

age 6+

Kid-friendly documentary is pawsitively warm, insightful.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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The First Week of School book cover: A diverse class including an alien is being photographed in front of a brick school
BOOK

The First Week of School

age 5+

A quirky and original back-to-school book with an alien.

By: Drew Beckmeyer (2024)
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Didi Movie Poster: Actor Izaac Wang as a Taiwanese American 13-year-old's school picture
MOVIE

Dìdi

age 14+

Funny, tender coming-of-age dramedy; cursing, teen partying.

In Theaters (Release Year: 2024)
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A Greyhound of a Girl movie poster: A girl reads a book to three women and three men cheering
MOVIE

A Greyhound of a Girl

age 7+

Sweet animated adaptation about losing a grandparent.

In Theaters (Release Year: 2024)
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Omnivore TV show poster: Images of a fish, vegetables and airplane are stacked together in the form of a fish.
TV

Omnivore

age 8+

Deep dive into food history, culture has mild peril.

Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
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Time Bandits TV Show Poster Image: Kevin and the bandits pose on top of a floating mountain
TV

Time Bandits

age 9+

Funny historical capers with violence, peril, and language.

Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
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Sing Sing Movie Poster: Divine G (Colman Domingo) sits in a chair, several men sitting behind him, all in prison uniforms
MOVIE

Sing Sing

age 15+

Tender, mature drama about prison theater program.

In Theaters (Release Year: 2024)
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The Dictionary Story book cover: Animals, a Viking, king, ghost, moon, and cloud peek out of the pages of teal dictionary
BOOK

The Dictionary Story

age 4+

Wacky tale of words that stray from their dictionary pages.

By: Oliver Jeffers (2024)
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Brambletown TV: Fox and Badger walk a small hill in the whimsical forest of Brambletown.
TV

Brambletown

age 8+

Poetic, warm musical about self-discovery is exceptional.

Network: PBS Kids (2024)
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Yo Gabba GabbaLand! TV Poster Image: closeups of Foofa, Brobee, Toodee, Plex, and Muno
TV

Yo Gabba GabbaLand!

age 2+

Preschool party dances on with same positive lessons.

Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
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Mammals TV show poster: Looking above a leopard, a camel, and an elephant walking a straight line.
TV

Mammals

age 6+

Beautiful animal docu has warning for human species.

Network: BBC America (2024)
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Simone Biles Rising TV show poster: Closeup on Biles whose eyes are closed
TV

Simone Biles Rising

age 13+

Inspiring docu has some language, sexual violence mentions.

Network: Netflix (2024)
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Prunella book cover: Brown-skinned girl surrounded by unusual plants feeds a bug to a Venus fly trap
BOOK

Prunella

age 4+

Plant-loving loner finds pals in fun friendship tale.

By: Beth Ferry (2024)
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Me TV show poster: a South Asian twelve-year old boy, looks forward holding the hood of a red sweatshirt
TV

Me

age 8+

Tween grapples with identity in coming-of-age sci-fi drama.

Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
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