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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! is silly children’s music for the under 6 set

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! is a storybook and music CD from The Secret Mountain. This is a good example to point out the difference between children’s music and kindie. The vast majority of the music we review here is kindie, music that is good for children, but also has pop sensibilities, music or humor that will appeal to adults. It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! is children’s music that kids 6 and under will enjoy.

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Plants Vs. Zombies #12, the fun fungi clean up Zomboss and crew

I get I now. At a Scholastic book fair his past year I saw a Plants Vs. Zombies graphic novel for sale. It benefitted the school so I bought it and haven’t looked back. The ongoing monthly series of Plants Vs. Zombies #12 ends with this issue and is one of the go-to all age comic books that your child should be reading. The monthly series ends with this issue, now they’ll be publishing all new graphic novels with Zomboss, Nate, Patrice, Crazy Dave and everyone else.

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Let’s play with the toys from Miles From Tomorrowland, season 2

Miles From Tomorrowland, season 2 has launched on television and we got a chance to play with some of the toys. Our boys are big fans of the series, loved the toys that they had and were eager to get their hand s on the new ones. “Why do they have new toys”, they asked. I explained to them that the show was not cancelled and that the new Miles From Tomorrowland toys were an addition to last years and are part of the new story line.

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The Mighty Zodiac, big action comic book with heart and vocabulary

In some ways The Mighty Zodiac is on a parallel track, but the opposite of one of our favorite comic books Usagi Yojimbo. The Mighty Zodiac is the story of 12 heroes, each one representing someone from the Zodiac. This is an ongoing series from Oni Press that will interest kids 7 and up due to its more realistically drawn characters, martial arts action and bad guys.

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Making #DadTime with Lowes and home improvement

I have partnered with Life of Dad and Lowe’s for this promotion. One of my best early memories of my dad was when he helped out at my elementary school. The classes were building wooden toy cars and he was there helping put them together. That was one of the first things I remembered when he told my wife that I was always better than him at fixing things. He sends me indirect praise through my wife like that, he’s old school. Now that our kids are getting older I’m doing my best to include them in some quality #DadTime Lowes projects around the house so that I can tell the same thing to their wives in 20 or 30 years.

I jest, I’ll tell them to their faces that they’ll never be able to fix things as well as I can.

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There Is a Tribe of Kids is coffee table, kid book, art greatness for all

There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith feels like it’s too good to be a children’s book. I don’t mean that in a snooty way. The book has art whose quality and depth looks like something adults would see at an art gallery that’s doing an animal exhibition. Each page has art that is curious, gentle and full of detail for any age reader. Combine that with the written words, the actual story part of There Is a Tribe of Kids and you’ve got a classic book that your kids will remember reading when they have kids in 20 or so years.

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New all age comic books for June 15, #NCBD

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Hey, did you know we do this in podcast form? And suddenly it’s the middle of June. Our kids love this time of year because that means every Wednesday when the new all age comic books come out they get to come to the store with me. Years ago the comic book store employees weren’t too sure what to make of really small people in the store, but we’ve since assured them that they’ll touch nothing. Now it’s a symbiotic and friendly relationship, with them coming in each week to check out the new comic books and the staff giving them promotional posters from time to time.

It’s a very funny week in all age comic books this week. There’s a great graphic novel from Regular Show, Jughead, Walt Disney Comics, Simpsons Comics, Spongebob Comics Annual Giant Swimtacular and more. If you have a 7 year old girl who is looking for something to read check out Strawberry Shortcake #3, it’s got some intrigue, mystery, humor and action all happening in the café.

Action and science fiction has some of the classic staples like Doctor Who, Sonic Universe and Transformers. There are also some of the new classics including Plants Vs. Zombies (in their final monthly appearance), Lumberjanes, Dragons Defenders of Berk and many others. If you have an 8 year old then they might love Luna TheVampire trade paperback Volume 1, Grumpy Space. Also in that category of interest is Princeless, who has two titles out this week that are helmed by girl power, but have action and writing that anyone can enjoy.

Scooby Apocalypse #2 is out this week too. This is the different Scooby-Doo that you heard about. Shaggy is a hipster, Fred is a videographer, Daphne is a TV personality, Velma is a scientist and the world is about the end. Nanobytes that turn people into monsters has been let loose on the world. This series is actually pretty good, but not for young kids. Due to the end-of-world stuff and some comments in the comic book ages 12 and up will be OK with it. Look-Scooby was almost in a dog fight! Yeah, that happened, but this comic is clearly not aimed at the young kids.

In superhero all age comic books you’ve got one release this week, Spidey. Ignore the ‘teen’ rating on the cover, the action and tone of this is fine for ages 8 and up.

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Becoming a dad didn’t totally end my arrested development. #ThanksBaby

I have partnered with Life of Dad and Pampers for this promotion Before marrying my wife I was a cartoon of a man. I used a bandana for a wallet, cleaned the house with a leaf blower, lived in a house that I was renovating as a snail’s pace and had garbage in my car that was inches deep. It would be comforting to say that this occurred when I was in my early 20’s. However, add ten+ years to that figure and that is where this happy man-child was. Age, the pursuit of my girlfriend (who became my wife!) and the entrance of a child helped my case of arrested development erode to where I’m a better man, as well as, a great husband and father, so #ThanksBaby.

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