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In Season 2, change is in the air at Danny Joe’s Tree House. Sometimes change can be exciting, like on birthdays, and sometimes it can be overwhelming, like during a pandemic. Danny Joe returns to the Tree House while practicing taking care of himself and others in the community.
Full episode: When Chickens Fly
In this episode, Danny Joe calls an inventor from the past named Ally. Ally wants to help his best friend, Oops the chicken, fly in the sky!
Full episode: The Royal Parent-Teacher Conference
In this episode, today is the parent-teacher conference with the Queen. Danny Joe hopes that Kingsley will continue to grow inside and out while learning from his bad choices.
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DANNY JOE’S TREE HOUSE
Embodying the beloved form of retro children’s TV classics while responding to the social-emotional needs of today’s families
Danny Joe is a kind and thoughtful preschool teacher. From his Tree House, he invites families to come out and play about big thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
A community of colorful puppets, including a bossy king, a sweet teddy bear and a brave knight, explore the playground below with a diverse cast of grown-up caregivers.
Press
WYPR On the Record (NPR News Station)
Danny LaBrecque, creator of ‘Danny Joes Treehouse’ and ‘Cookies for Breakfast,’ says he’s wary of platforms that have plans to aim content at pre teens. But he believes the control of a medium has more to do with education and intent than rules and regulations:
“Whether it’s a stick, or a stone, or a smartphone, there are all these tools. We decide how to use these tools, not the other way around.”
(On-air interview, 10/21/21)
Children’s Media Association
“[With] Cookies For Breakfast, [LaBrecque’s] goal is to start, deepen and broaden critical conversations around young children and pervasive technology, today and beyond. As adults, he says, we see the influences of social media on ourselves, but what does it look like to bring young children into this environment?”
(CMA blog, 6/1/21)
The Purple Roads Podcast
“Danny LaBrecque’s thoughtfulness and passion for his audience shines through in every episode of Danny Joe’s Tree House. It is important to have Danny & all the wonderful characters of the Treehouse out in the universe to teach and help children navigate this challenging world.”
(Purple Roads Podcast, 3/27/20)
Baltimore’s Child Magazine
“Simply introduced to his online audience as “Danny Joe,” LaBrecque displays an unpretentious sincerity by being himself. There is no part to be played as he interacts, listens and openly communicates with preschoolers.”
(Web Connection article, 2/26/18)
Cookies for Breakfast
Conversations with trusted voices in the field of children’s media and early childhood development
Click to watch our first conversation about young children and pervasive technology with guest, Howard Blumenthal, best known for creating and producing the Peabody and Emmy Award winning PBS children’s series, “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”
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Carly Ciarrocchi
Host of Weird But True & The Sunny Side Up Show
Danny connects so authentically with his audience. The Tree House is playful, inclusive, and safe. He’s passionate and thoughtful about what he is creating. I love that he uses today’s tech to let the whole family be part of the experience. He is doing important work, with integrity and imagination.
David Newell
Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
What I like about Danny Joe’s Tree House is that children can interact with a live person. Danny is a big kid at heart and I think that is very helpful. In today’s world where everything is virtual and robotic, here’s a real person giving original thoughts and ideas.
Dr. Scott Sampson
Host and science advisor for Dinosaur Train on
PBS Kids
Danny zooms onto our screens like a reincarnated Mister Rogers. Full of energy and beloved by children. He presents ideas big and small in ways that kids can truly embrace. Danny Joe’s Tree House is a wondrous and timely gift to children’s programming.
Tim Kubart
Grammy award-winning kids’ musician & TV host
Danny is doing the GOOD work, in every sense of the word. As a writer, he digs deep, finds what resonates, and presents in a way that meets children where they are. Danny cares; and it shows in his work. His ideas are original, his performance is true, and his heart is in the right place.