'Liberty's Kids': the complete series

Thank you to PBS and DIC Entertainment for bringing us Liberty's Kids, The Complete Series on DVD; a refreshing collection of animated, historical shows for 7-14 year olds. The Complete Emmy-Nominated Series runs 40 episodes for a total run time of 14 hours and 26 minutes. Each episode runs 30 minutes and their purpose is to teach the young audience about the origins of the United States of America. You take a trip back in time with Benjamin Franklin's young reporters and watch as they face real events and dangers of the American Revolution. You meet James, an American Colonist, Sarah, an English Reporter and Henri, a French Child who gets them into mischief. Moses, an ex-slave who bought his freedom and now works for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia keeps watch over the kids. Episodes include "The Boston Tea Party", "The Midnight Ride (Paul Revere)", "Post Master General Benjamin Franklin", "Washington Takes Command", "The First 4th of July", "New York New York", "Valley Forge", "The New Frontier" all the way to Episode 40 "We The People" which takes place at the Constitutional Convention. The viewer travels through each episode of American
I watched the first disc with my children who couldn't wait to see what unfolded in the next episode. My husband walked into the room and asked what we were watching, sat down and that was that for the remaining episode. As parents, we were both really refreshed to see an animated series both educational and entertaining which kept the interest of a 7 year old and 5 year old (a hard task indeed!). My seven year old couldn't believe these characters were real people who he will be learning about in school.
Celebrity voices for the series include Annette Benning, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Ben Stiller and Liam Neeson.

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