FORM 4                        U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                      Washington, D.C. 20549


      Check here if no longer            
      subject to Section 16.             
      Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
      may continue. See Instr. 1(b).


                         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
                                         
                      Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities and 
                      Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public
                      Utility Holding Company Act of 1935  or Section 30(f)
                      of the Investment Company Act of 1940.


1.  Name and address: 
                              
REDMAN      MELVIN      C.
(Last)     (First)  (Middle)

P.O. BOX 674, 1403 N.W. "K" STREET
        (Street)

BENTONVILLE,    AR       72712
(City)       (State)     (Zip)

2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:  Noodle Kidoodle, Inc., -NKID

3.  IRS or Soc. Sec. Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary): ###-##-####

4. Statement for Month/Year:   APRIL, 1998

5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

       X   Director                  10% Owner

           Officer                   Other (specify below)
           (give title
            below)




TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 


1.  Title of   2. Trans-   3. Trans-     4. Securities Acquired (A)      5. Amount of       6. Ownership     7. Nature of 
   Security      action      action        or Disposed of (D)              Securities         Form:            Indirect
  (Instr.3)      Date        Code         (Instr. 3,4 and 5)               Beneficially       Direct (D)       Beneficial
                            (Instr.8)                                      Owned at End       Indirect (I)     Ownership
                (Month/                             (A)or                   of Month           (Instr. 4)       (Instr.4)
                 Day/       Code   V       Amount   (D)     Price         (Instr.3 and 4)
                 Year)

                                                                                    




























TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
           (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


1.  Title of   2.Conver-  3.Trans-  4.Trans-  5.Number   6.Date      7. Title and    8.Price  9.Number  10.Owner-  11.Na-        
   Derivative   sion or    action    action    of         Exer-        Amount of      of       of         ship       ture    
   Security     Exercise   Date      Code      Deriva-    cisable      Underlying     Deriv-   Deriva-    Form       of In-
   (Instr.3)    Price of            (Instr.8)  tive       and          Securities     ative    tive       of De-     direct
                Deriv-    (Month/              Secur-     Expir-       (Instr. 3      Secur-   Securi-    rivative   Bene-
                Security   Year)               ities      ation         and 4)        ity      ities      Secu-      ficial 
                                               Acquired   Date                        (Instr.  Bene-      rity:      Owner-
                                               (A) or     (Month/                       5)     ficially   Direct     ship
                                               Disposed    Day/                                Owned at   (D) or    (Instr.
                                               of (D)      Year)                               End of     Indi-       4)
                                               (Instr.3,                                       Month      rect (I)
                                                 4, 5)    Date Expir          Amount         (Instr.4)  (Instr.4)
                                                          Exer ation          or Num-
                                                          cis  Date           ber of
                                    Code  V    (A)  (D)   able        Title   Shares


                                                                            
Non-Qualified                                                        Common
Stock Option      6.625   04/26/98   T   V   4,000        (1)  (2)   Stock    4,000            4,000         D












Explanation of Responses:


(1)  Exercisable dates:  April 26, 1999   2000
                         April 26, 2000   2000
 
(2)  Expiration date:    April 26, 2003


                             /s/Melvin C. Redman               08/07/98
                             Signature of Reporting Person        Date