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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Recent Honorees

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 recreation of history in gripping space survival docu.

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 kick-off 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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All About U.S. book cover: Diverse kids doing daily activities
BOOK

All About U.S.: A Look at the Lives of 50 Real Kids from Across the United States

age 8+

Colorful, fascinating portraits of 50 kids in 50 states.

By: Matt Lamothe , Jenny Volvovski (2024)
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Love Under The Stars book cover: Two owls sitting on a tree branch with a night sky background
BOOK

Love Under the Stars

age 2+

Nighttime animals rule in stunning book of rhymes.

By: Katy Tanis (2024)
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Inside the Mind of a Dog movie poster: Dogs surrounding the edges
MOVIE

Inside the Mind of a Dog

age 6+

Kid-friendly documentary is pawsitively warm, insightful.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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The First Week of School book cover: A diverse class including an alien is being photographed in front of a brick school
BOOK

The First Week of School

age 5+

A quirky and original back-to-school book with an alien.

By: Drew Beckmeyer (2024)
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Didi Movie Poster: Actor Izaac Wang as a Taiwanese American 13-year-old's school picture
MOVIE

Dìdi

age 14+

Funny, tender coming-of-age dramedy; cursing, teen partying.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Leo's First Vote book cover: Excited brown-skinned boy stands at a ballot box clutching his ballot, ready to cast his vote
BOOK

Leo's First Vote!

age 5+

Kid learns every vote matters in engaging election tale.

By: Christina Soontornvat (2024)
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A Greyhound of a Girl movie poster: A girl reads a book to three women and three men cheering
MOVIE

A Greyhound of a Girl

age 7+

Sweet animated adaptation about losing a grandparent.

In Theaters (Release Year: 2024)
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Omnivore TV show poster: Images of a fish, vegetables and airplane are stacked together in the form of a fish.
TV

Omnivore

age 8+

Deep dive into food history, culture has mild peril.

Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
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