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Educational illustrated books get a bad rap. When readers get to a certain age they feel that books with too many pictures are babyish. The exceptions to those books are graphic novels, which are more mature in their eyes. Everest, The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Nogay is an illustrated book in name only. In reality, the content, intelligence, details, information and length put this more in league with a graphic novel, albeit one that’s bigger in size than a standard comic book.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a copy of the Blu-Ray that I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions are my own. Any intellectual property that spans more than a decade in-between releases we find interesting. FLCL: Progressive and FLCL: Alternative are the sequels to FLCL, an anime series that came out in 2001. In its run on Adult Swim Toonami FLCL was #1 in its timeslot and earned a huge cult following. FLCL (pronounced Fooly Cooly), both Progressive and Alternative are finally available on Blu-Ray DVD in a combo pack with tons of special features.
Playing With Fire is available on Blu-Ray and DVD now. It features a ton of extras that will have elementary aged kids through middle school howling with laughter. When Playing With Fire was in theaters it was THE film that the kids at our elementary school wanted to see. It’s rated PG and offers the perfect combination of humor and action that will entertain kids and be just enough to keep parents loving it too.
Just yesterday we passed a DVD rental box and our 8 year-old had a meltdown that we weren’t going rent Playing With Fire that evening. We reminded him about the power of being patient, to which he responded that all of his friends want to see the film too.
The Only Woman In The Photo is a book title that really baits the hook. Why was she the only woman in the photo? In this #MeToo era it conjures up all manner of scheming or wily characters that are lurking in or out of the picture frame. In reality, The Only Woman In The Photo has a much larger and impactful scope. This is the story of Frances Perkins, a woman whose work we come across daily due to the time she spent working in the White House.
I firmly believe that kids honestly want to learn. So far as the content, there are those things that they need to learn and those things that they want to learn. In middle school when kids start to earnestly learn about WW II they’re faced with the quandary of studying a horrifying period of human history, yet actually wanting to do it. Teaching or educating kids about this period of time is tricky too because there are so many angles that an author could approach it. Spies, Lies and Disguise, The Daring Tricks and Deeds That Won World War II by Jennifer Swanson with illustrations by Kevin O’Malley is an excellent supplemental text to those kids who already know the basics of WW II and want to learn more.
If you’ve been on our site for any number of years, A. thank
you mom and B. you know that we love Monster Jam. Monster Jam is coming back to
Atlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 22 and 23. If you’ve been in
Monster Jam before then you know how incredibly entertaining and absolutely
family friendly it is. For our family, Monster Jam is one of the highlights for
the year. It’s entertaining and is a sport that sucks you in from the get-go.
It has all the energy of any huge sporting event that you’ve been to, but it’s
paired with huge trucks jumping over dirt barriers.
The Monster Jam competition is simple to grasp once you’re
there. Essentially the competition is broken up into two parts and any feasible
question that you’d have about Monster Jam, including the famous Pit Party, can
be answered here.
This giveaway is for a family 4-pack of tickets to the Saturday, February 22, 2020 show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The show starts at 7:00, but get there early, especially if you want to go to the Pit Party. The winner for this Monster Jam giveaway will be drawn on February 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM ET. To enter just leave a comment on this post or in the YouTube video:
Imagine that Billy from The Family Circus was all grown up and has become an engineer. From time to time he still reverts back to his habit of drawing where he’s visited around the neighborhood. Machines In Motion, by Tom Jackson with illustrations by Chris Mould has moments that will remind cartoon fans of his exploits, but at a much more educational level. Think of a vehicle that moves people and it’s covered in this book to some extent. It’s a big, over sized book that will grab upper elementary through middle school readers by the hand and make them want to learn about transportation.
This week in new all age comic books is deep. It’s not high brow, rather, there are a huge amount of titles out this week and many of the heavy hitters in elementary aged comic books and graphic novels have new efforts out. In the podcast we’ll chat about Stig & Tilde, Power Rangers and TMNT, Disney PIXAR, new Plants vs. Zombies and more. If you have a child in elementary school there are two must-haves out and that’s Owly and Hilo. Elementary aged readers know Owly, but they know the black & white version. Creator Andy Runton has reproduced his original book with new lines and full color. The books are printed by Graphix and kids 6-10 will love it. If you’re reader is 8-12 then Hilo is a graphic novel series that can easily be one of their favorites. Hilo: All The Pieces Fit is the sixth and final entry into this series. It’s full of heart, humor and action. Our 10 year-old has been asking for this book ever since the fifth book ended. We’ve pre-ordered our copy and can’t wait to read it. Now, here’s a look at all of the new all age comic books this week.
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