All About Allergies

Exploring the topic of allergies in a kid-friendly manner, this compilation includes five stories featuring popular characters from PBS Kids shows. Two of the episodes are from the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood spin-off Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. “Daniel's Allergy” incorporates interactive segments (“Can you open your mouth and say ahhhh?”) as the titular tiger cub learns about his newfound allergy to peaches and is counseled to tell an adult if he feels sick after trying something new. The follow-up “Allergies at School” mentions Daniel's new allergy as the class gathers to celebrate 100 days of school with a picnic. Based on the books by Marc Brown, the Arthur segment “Binky Goes Nuts” follows aardvark Arthur's rabbit pal, whose peanut allergy flares up, sending him to the library (yay!) to do more research. Also including the math-based Peg + Cat's “The Allergy Problem” (the dynamic duo worry that Peg is allergic to her feline friend) and the phonics program WordWorld's “Achoo!” (Sheep, Dog, and other friends try to find out why Pig is such a sneezy mess), this is easily recommended. Aud: K, E, P. (J. Williams-Wood)