In 1970, an obscure magazine printed by the U.S. government for distribution in the Soviet Union, called Amerika, commissioned New York City-based photographer David Attie to shoot behind-the-scenes ...

In 1970, television viewers had the option of three major networks, a handful of local channels and a new outlet called the Public Broadcasting Service, which would soon dominate the underserved ...

Today, many children in America are learning remotely, largely through screens. But in the late 1960s, when an experimental television program called “Sesame Street” hit the airwaves, the idea that ...

A recent revival of interest in Mister Rogers has offered fans a chance to revisit childhood nostalgia. “Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America” takes it from there. The ...

When TIME set out to tackle the debate over children’s TV in late 1970, a year after Sesame Street premiered, correspondent Mary Cronin was sent to interview one of the show’s puppeteers—and ended up ...

The Sesame Street Learning Kit contains 5 hardbound books, 2 posters, a 69 page parent instruction booklet, 10 parent/teachers guides on newsprint and cards that indicate the corresponding program ...

When I was a kid in the 1970s, "Sesame Street" was appointment TV. Mom would adjust the rabbit ears on top of the set, and I would sit glued to Big Bird and Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. Now ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Melena Ryzik SUNNY DAYS The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America By David Kamp ...

Throughout February, the commemoration of Black History Month, theGrio will be celebrating Black cultural groundbreakers such as “Sesame Street,” the longstanding children’s program, via our “Keeping ...