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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What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates TV show poster: oBill Gates in front of colorful background
TV

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

age 13+

Pioneers in tech ask big questions in fascinating series.

Network: Netflix (2024)
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BooSnoo TV show poster: GCI image of a red ball traveling along a colorful pathway amongst wheel and sprockets.
TV

BooSnoo

age 2+

No dialogue in meditative show for youngest viewers.

Network: Peacock (2023)
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Agatha All Along TV show poster : Agatha's face is shown in closeup, lit an eerie purple
TV

Agatha All Along

age 13+

Kathryn Hahn is a kick in witchy, witty MCU dark comedy.

Network: Disney+ (2024)
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Kareem Between Book Cover: Boy in jersey and jacket with Syrian and USA flag pins stands in front of lockers with football
BOOK

Kareem Between

age 8+

Touching verse novel about xenophobia, identity, friendship.

By: Shifa Saltagi Safadi (2024)
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Lego Star Wars Rebuild the Galaxy: Stars float in a dark galaxy where the series' logo is written with building blocks.
TV

Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

age 9+

Familiar characters and new challenges in reimagined galaxy.

Network: Disney+ (2024)
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A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book cover: Illustration of a running boy and girl with a turtle in the foreground
BOOK

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

age 8+

Turtle helps two tweens in ghostly, delightful mystery.

By: Jasmine Warga (2024)
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Temple of Secrets book cover: Plum stands in pond of blooming lotuses with Guardian friends; an ancient temple behind them
BOOK

Temple of Secrets: Legends of Lotus Island, Book 4

age 8+

Charming eco-fantasy finale ideal for reluctant readers.

By: Christina Soontornvat (2024)
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¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos book cover: World of Vamos book characters dressed for Halloween
BOOK

¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos: A Halloween and Day of the Dead Celebration: World of ¡Vamos!

age 4+

Colorful cultural celebrations, Spanish in fun holiday book.

By: Raul the Third (2024)
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Coming From America TV show poster: Overhead shot of an airplane flying over Africa with the title overhead.
TV

Coming from America

age 10+

Black families move to Africa; police violence, courage.

Network: Max (2024)
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English Teacher TV show poster: Evan Marquez stands on a desk in a classroom, with students sitting
TV

English Teacher

age 14+

Mature themes, language in charming dramedy.

Network: FX (2024)
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Everything We Never Had book cover: Father, son, and grandfather on a walk together against a backdrop motif of apple picking
BOOK

Everything We Never Had

age 12+

4 generations face generational trauma in powerful saga.

By: Randy Ribay (2024)
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Social Studies TV show poster: Two White teen girls take a selfie together
TV

Social Studies

age 14+

Language, sex, phones in measured social media docu.

Network: FX (2024)
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Apollo 13: Survival movie poster: Astronauts suited up.
MOVIE

Apollo 13: Survival

age 10+

Tense re-creation of history in gripping space survival doc.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Kindergarten: The Musical TV Show poster: 5 animated preschool friends dance on a stage
TV

Kindergarten: The Musical

age 2+

Sweet musical series celebrates school challenges and wins.

Network: Disney Junior , Disney+ (2024)
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A Gallery of Rogues book cover: Black kid in a bellhop uniform with three White kids gazing at a Pierrot sculpture
BOOK

The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues

age 9+

Art theft, murder, French/English vocabulary in wild sequel.

By: Beth Lincoln (2024)
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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, sweet treats.

Network: Max (2024)
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Leopold Berry book cover: Like an old videotape holder; title's in the label, behind drawing of mechanical wolf with red eyes
BOOK

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry: Sunderworld, Book 1

age 13+

Exciting, immersive kickoff to new fantasy series.

By: Ransom Riggs (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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