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The Lion King is the best-selling video
of all time — and it hasn't even been

available since 2004. Now, a whole new

generation can sing along with Matthew

Broderick, Nathan Lane, Jeremy Irons

and more in Disney's newly released

LION KING Diamond Edition on DVD and
Blu-ray ($39.99), plus extras like never-
before-seen bloopers, deleted songs
and more. Hakuna Matata! Area Target
stores (target.com ).

HE CHRONICLES

OF HARRIS BURDICK

More than 25 years after Caldecott

Awww! Little ones will love tucking these

Award-winning Michigan author Chris

super-sweet pocket-sized MATCHBOX

Van Allsburg first published the

MICE ($25 each) into their little matchbox

beds, replete with mini pillow and blanket.

Red alert! She'll love the instant-monogram effect of Crewcuts'

Available in pink or blue. Garnethill.com

bright BLOCK-LETTER PINS ($7.50). Crewcuts, the Somerset

(800-870-3513).

Collection, Troy (248-649-2739; jcrew.com ).

Keep it old school

with Native Union's

retro POP PHONE

FOR THE
KIDS

($30), available in

a rainbow of colors.

Plugs directly into

!Phones, BlackBerrys

and MacBooks. Love

Child, Royal Oak

(248-545-5683;

lovechildkids.com ).

magically enchanting The Mysteries
of Harris Burdick, the book has been
revisited, with THE CHRONICLES
OF HARRIS BURDICK: 14 AMAZING
AUTHORS TELL THE TALES ($24.99;
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), just
released in October. In it, a group
of illustrious storytellers (among
them Lois Lowry, Jon Scieszka,
Jules Feiffer and more, plus an intro
by Lemony Snicket) weave tales to
expand on the original book's highly
detailed charcoal-pencil illustrations.
Great for kids and parents to get their
imaginations going together. Book
Beat Bookstore, Oak Park (248-968-
1190; thebookbeat.com ).

Lightweight and exhilarating,

Zipfy's MINI LUGE ($44.95)

will have them zipping down the

snow hill — and the assortment

of bright colors will make it easy

for parents to spot their racers.

Toyology West Bloomfield (toyolo-

Child-friendly wooden needles, simple instructions and 100

gywb.com; 248-562-7524) and

yards of rainbow acrylic yarn come packaged in a natural

Warren Prescriptions, Farmington

woven wicker basket with a pink liner with the Land of Nod's

Hills (warrenprescriptionstoys.
corn; 248-855-1177).

HERE KNITTY KNITTY KNIT KIT ($29). Landofnod.com
(800-933-9904).

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The whole family can get it on putting together a custom-

ized LEGO ART MOSAIC (starts at $280). Send Robot

Garage a photo of your kids' favorite photo and they'll

bring it to life. Want to surprise the kids with it hanging on

the wall? Let Robot Garage pre-assemble it for you. Robot

Garage, Birmingham (248-723-9100; therobotgarage.com ).