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New all age comic books for Wednesday March 4, 2015

It’s a great week for some all age comic books for those young readers in your house. There are lots of titles for boys, girls and some that are fabulous reading for any and all. Of note for all readers is Teen Titans GO! trade paperback #1 that collects issues 1-6 of the popular comic book series. Garfield #35 is great too, as it Hero Cats #4 which has really warmed us on the premise of super hero cats. There are many more all age comic books out today, dig the list and see which one can hook your young reader.

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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Power Down, Little Robot succeeds as a good-nite book for children

Power Down, Little Robot treads familiar ground. A child doesn’t want to go to sleep and his mother is trying valiantly to get them in bed. Roll your eyes if you want to, but the subtle dialogue by Anna Staniszewski and retro-future illustrations by Tim Zeltner make the book super cute.

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Nerd Block Jr. delivers the (geeky) goods for children 6-11

I love the concept of this and they’re quite trendy at the moment aren’t they? A mystery package appears in your mailbox stuffed with goodies that you’re all but guaranteed to like. In this case we got to sample Nerd Block Jr. It’s a box with all manner of pop culture toys that is aimed at children 6 and up.

Nerd Block Jr. box

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The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection, happy, kindie 101

If you do a search for top kindie artists Laurie Berkner is in any top 10 list. Since 2002 she’s been recording acoustic guitar children’s music to the delight of preschoolers, young children and adults everywhere. To be a fan of children’s music and not like Laurie Berkner is to say that you like rap, but don’t like Run DMC. She’s the blueprint of kindie for a reason and The Ultimate Luarie Berkner Band Collection is packed with 22 songs that prove that.

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What the kids are watching on Netflix #StreamTeam

We’re part of the Stream Team with Netflix and were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. Since we cut the cord our television time has shortened and the caliber of it has increased dramatically. Our kids don’t have to surf, instead they watch and under our supervision, watch some neat programming that we didn’t think that they would like. Here’s a look at what the kids are watching and a couple that I’ve been digging as well.

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The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence, middle school action for young readers Giveaway

We received copy of the book to review. All thoughts are our own and really, the creative team behind this is off the chain. The growth of young adult fiction was always missing a large market. While some of the YA books crossed into this category, there hasn’t, until now, been one that started in the category specifically aimed at this group. Stan Lee is legendary in the comic world as co-creator of Spider-Man and The Avengers among others; and has teamed up with two other stars in comics to create The Zodiac Legacy.

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Apraxia is nonsense, or is it? Speech delay by any other name

Our youngest isn’t much of a talker. At 18 months the doctor was saying that we should take him to a specialist because he’s not saying 6 words. We didn’t do that because that doctor, in hindsight was a bit of an alarmist. His answers seemed straight out of Google and he never factored in some things that we thought should be considered. Because of his answers and the way he presented things we didn’t do anything.

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Children’s music and the Christmas music test

When we first thought about children’s music it was a pan flute performed by dinosaurs with sing-songy lyrics about sharing. Certainly some children’s music gleefully and willingly falls into that description. However, there are many more choices than those that you just thought of. Some children’s music pass the Christmas music test and some don’t. Here’s what you need to pay attention to and why the Christmas music test might apply to you.

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