Daddy Mojo, Author at Daddy Mojo

Good Guys, Bad Guys, it’s classic or dated-depending on your view

This is the soul of an active, imagination based play kid who is four through seven years old. Our eight year-old is still firmly in this camp where imagination is his leading currency and he spends it all of the time. Good Guys, Bad Guys is an illustrated book that speaks this language. One day a kid can be on the good side, other days they’re on the bad side and teams of who is good or bad can switch all the time. If you’re a fan of ‘come home when the street lights come on’ style books then Good Guys, Bad Guys will be just your sort of all-skate, slightly old school, pretend play, good-night book.

An old soul book about pretend play and switching sides as the street lights come on

We Bare Bears: The Movie sticks the stack

Few television shows have resonated with the kids and I as much as We Bare Bears have. It’s one of those quirky shows that we stumbled on to while digging through Netflix. I knew that it was from Cartoon Network and their shows immediately have an inherent trust in their writing, wit and quality. Four short seasons later it’s one of the few shows that will stop us in our tracks and turn on the couch magnet so that we can’t escape. We Bare Bears: The Movie is an original film from Cartoon Network that serves and a series finale as great at Breaking Bad.

We Bare bears: the movie is a very satisfying end to a fabulous series

Prairie Days is picture perfect summer (or anytime) illustrated reading

Perfect is a relative thing for an illustrated book. It requires a balance of content, art, pacing, text and unquantifiable characteristics that are combined into a book that reaches audiences regardless of where they live or what they do. Prairie Days is that sort of book. Think of a hot, summer day on the prairie and this book scorches its way into your memory. It all but leaves wet footprints in your house from the pond, with just a couple traces of dirt and rogue straws of hay strewn about the area where kids have tracked them in.

You don’t need to love the prairie to love this illustrated book

All age comic books for July 15

This week is like the first Monday in May all over again in that it’s Free Comic Book Summer. You see, Free Comic Book Day was cancelled this past May, but in its place is Free Comic Book Summer. For complete details and all of the comic books that you can get for free just check out Free Comic Book Day.

In all age comic books this week there a couple of the go-to comic books that will work for any boy or girl aged 7 and up. Looney Tunes #255 is out and this series is great for elementary ages and up, way up. We love this comic book and reading it with our kids is something we do every time it’s released. Upper elementary ages will also love The Amazing Spider-Man #44. The attitude is great for 10 year old kids and it’s jammed with action.

Jumping the pond this week is Asterix. This amazing popular French comic strip has been translated in is now available in graphic novels. We’ll be giving this one a look as it’s got a B.C feel to us and that’s a strip that we always loved.

If you want to find your local shop for either Free Comic Book Summer or to check out some of this week’s new all age comic books then just punch your zip code into the comic book store finder.

Issues, all age comic books have issues, (the good kind…)

Camp Warner Bros., We Bare Bears gummy fun for summer camp

This week at Camp Warner Bros. is near and dear to our family because it revolves around one of our favorite Cartoon Network shows We Bare Bears. In this case the craft is a surprisingly sticky slime that’s simple to make, which is paired with We Bare Bears: The Movie. If you’re a fan of We Bare Bears then the movie is a must-watch event. Even if you’re a casual fan of the show then you’ll enjoy the film for all of the right reasons.

gummy bears meet We Bare Bears in a slimetastic good time

Zombies Of The World, a real (and entertaining) look at the unreal

In a more sensitive time Zombies Of The World would’ve had umpteen hundreds of people calling the police to warn about the hoards of approaching zombies. At times resembling the literary zombie equivalent to The War of The Worlds radio broadcast, this book is a realistic middle grade look at zombies. It’s also much more entertaining than you think it would be, especially for the passive zombie or undead enthusiast.

Research, wit,respect and more in the time of zombies

Week 2 of Camp Warner Bros. brings the Crystal Gem Candy

It’s week number 2 of our at-home summer with Camp Warner Bros. This week’s activity is one that the kids could really get behind-making candy! The craft was rather simple and corresponded to the movie of one of the best shows in recent memory on Cartoon Network. The title of the candy surely gave it away for fans of the show. The film that ties into the craft is Steven Universe: The Movie.

Candy, make yr own STEM-rific Crystal Gem Candy

Mutts: Hot Dogs, Hot Cats is a classic comic in a new wrapper

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell is that friend who you might not have seen in years. The two of you had excellent conversations. They were your ying to your yang. You really like chocolate and they really like peanut butter and it was never a problem if the two accidentally rubbed against one another. It’s the Snoopy to your Woodstock. Mutt, Hot Dogs, Hot Cats is a collected works of this classic comic strip that have been released in book form that’s as fabulous the first of fourteenth time that you read it.

Hot dogs, hot cats is must-read stuff for any season