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The Tiny Traveler Egypt and France: armchair, toddler education

It’s a different world now isn’t it? When I was a kid it seemed so large, foreign and unapproachable. The Tiny Traveler France and The Tiny Traveler Egypt are cardboard books designed for kids two and under about colors and shapes. When the books arrived I took out the France book to show our oldest some of the monuments in France. I sometimes start out things with a question, so I asked him, “what’s this?” pointing to the Eifel Tower on the cover.

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Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Strips Vol. 3 review

I was relieved when both of our children let me know, in their own unique way that they liked Wallace & Gromit. Wallace & Gromit is our DVD comfort food. Whenever the streaming is slow or our kids need a treat we’ll put in one of their shorts or movies so that we all can chill. As we live on this side of the pond we only recently discovered that they have a daily comic strip too. Titan Comics compiles these daily comic strips and the third volume has just been released.

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Kid catch phrases, spring 2105: the danger hole

Kids say cute things all the time. A couple years ago it was the very cryptic “fi fi outside”. For a while my wife and I thought that “fi fi outside” was one of the neighbors walking their dog. To the adult mind that makes sense but makes you question your neighbors who would have the faux Parisian gall to name their dog ‘fi fi’. By the end of that spring we realized that he was saying “leaf outside”, which still makes sense because of the ‘-af’ sound that they hear last. This spring has created a new catchphrase, one that’s replete with soundtrack memories of Kenny Loggins.

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My Little Pony: Fiendship is Magic #2 review

My Little Pony has a couple of titles in their lineup and our 5 year old likes them. We highlight them on the list of new all age comic books and this month they’ve got an event that’ll introduce many new fans to the dark side of Equestria. Our experience with the ponies in Equestria is limited, so to know that there are so many villains in the series encourages us for future issues.

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Bugs and insects got the memo on Orkin #LearnWithOrkin #ad

This is a sponsored post. All thoughts are our own and the stories are true, even the ones involving bugs. We sat in on an Orkin presentation and learned about bugs. As it was with Orkin, the bugs were of the noun variety instead of the adjectival kind, but we’re familiar with both kinds…unfortunately.

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New all age comic books for Wednesday April 8, 2015

Happy new comic book day! There are lots for young readers to get behind and dig into some new all age comic books. Free Comic Book Day is just around the corner and your local comic book store will have a couple free ones that are 100% all ages, many of which we’re big fans of.

This week we’re excited about #2 in Mouse Guard, the art and classic story is something that you might not be expecting in a all ages title. Our oldest loves Spongebob Comics and #43 as well as, My Little Pony. Now, wait a minute. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #2 Tirek comes out today; this is a month long mini-series that showcases the villains in the series? What, you mean it’s all not ponies and unicorns? Yes, it’s much cooler than you think and kids do love it.

The links will take you to Things From Another World and will save you 10% or more on comics. If you want to head out to your local comic book store and pick these up today then dig the link, find out where yours is located and get your kids reading some all age comic books.

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Home is where you want to be instead of watching this film

On a rainy day we went to the movies to see Home. Home is the animated story of Oh, an alien whose species invades Earth. The species, the Boov, move all of the humans to special districts where they have live and where you wish you could go about midway through the film.

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Sleepless Knight is a classic young reader (comic) book

Sleepless Knight is the kind of book that I would’ve devoured when I was a young reader. I grew up reading Peanuts, comic books, Calvin and Hobbes, grown up books without illustrations and then started over again. Most of the text and illustrations in Sleepless Knight can be read by some children 6 and up and certainly 7 and up.

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