Some books arrive at the office and immediately draw me in. It doesn’t happen often, especially with authors or artists that I’m not already a fan of. Maybe three times a year do I receive an unknown book that so completely floors me that I’ll talk about the book to other adults? Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo & Jacqueline Tourville with illustrations by Brigette Barrager is that book for us now.
Continue reading Pocket Full of Colors is the story of Mary Blair and a colorful life
Remember when Sammy Hagar joined Van Halen and it was a big deal? If not-or it was before you knew rock and roll, let’s go back in the time machine. A famous singer, with his own band, was joining a world-famous band to be their lead singer. Most singers went solo after leaving a band. Hagar quipped that he was simply going the other way around. Lumberjanes, one of the best all ages comics on the marketplace is going Van Hagar on us by releasing Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!, an original novel by Mariko Tamaki with illustrations by Brooke Allen.
Continue reading Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! makes you believe in Friendship
“I want to read the duck book”, said the 8 year old. “No”, I said. I knew that Foul Language would make him laugh due to some of the illustrations. He’s also a great reader, because of that the written jokes are ones that he could say aloud. It’s because of that reason that Fowl Language has its place on my book shelf that the kids can’t borrow from. The book has some choice, possibly profane language that you don’t want your kids repeating. However, for parents, Fowl Language is incredibly funny. It’s the kind of laugh out loud funny that moms and dads will share with each other and then laugh at the other’s kids and say “Your kids do that!”.
Continue reading Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real, real funny
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Dad is a proud man. My sister and I often say this when he’s being strong willed. That’s another way to say he’s not complying with what the doctors say is best for him. I am the Sandwich Generation, taking care of small children, being a husband and taking care of an elderly parent at the same time. Depending on where your dad is, relative to his ability to care for himself, TENA® MEN™ Protective Shield is something that you’ll want to consider.
If I could have a time machine conversation with myself ten years ago I would encourage myself to have the difficult talks with my dad then. Sure, you probably know what he’s going to say, but he needs to know that there are options that will allow him to prolong the active, functional life that he’s been living. One of the biggest obstacles to that is incontinence.
Continue reading TENA® MEN™ Protective Shield at CVS, helping dads be dad
This is a sponsored post; all thoughts are our own. Halloween is coming up and you want to be something clever, unique or that will surprise your friends and keep them guessing? The answer to your quest is as close as the Amazon Smile boxes you’ve been inadvertently collecting in the other room. As an additional bonus to children who are learning math, it’s also a chance to practice prime numbers. Make an Amazon Prime Guy (or Gal) boxtume costume that uses minimal resources, almost all of which are already in your house.
Continue reading Here’s an Amazon Prime Boxtume for the heart of a cosplayer
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It’s the week of Halloween ComicFest, happening this Saturday, October 28. To find out which of your local comic books stores is participating-and what they’ll have there, please check out their website. Some stores will have more things happening; all participating comic book stores will have candy and free books, many of which will be all ages comics for those young readers.
In the podcast we’ll talk about a great one-shot all ages comics from one of the best Disney films in the past decade, a cool coloring book from a classic video game maker, an old school magazine for fans of monsters and preview one of the best original graphic novels of the year for ages five and up. Check out the podcast and share it with a friend. Now, let’s take a look at five of the other all ages comics that will entertain boys and girls.
Frozen Magazine
Frozen Magazine #17 hits stores this week. It’s for fans of Frozen and has the benefit of not being accompanied by a song that your child will sing over and over. Frozen has original stories and only costs $3.99.
Spookhouse
Spookhouse was a fabulous mini-series by Eric Powell and Steve Mannion that managed to be an all ages comics that was both scary AND fine for young readers 7 and up. This graphic novel collects the complete mini-series. That is worth stating because it was challenging to find in your local store. This is fun, spooky stuff that kids in elementary school will love to read.
Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight
A series that could stand to have a monthly presence in all ages comics is Goosebumps. This week has the classic franchise dipping their toe into comic books with Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight. It’s a three issue mini-series that readers in elementary school will enjoy. This is a logical fit because Goosebumps is a stable book at the Scholastic Book Fairs, which elementary school kids love to visit and learn about cool things to read.
Ducktales
Ducktales is the more action oriented Disney comic book title. Donald, Scrooge and the nephews get into all manner of trouble in an all ages comic book that has more reading than you might think. Ages 5 and up are OK with the content, however, ages 8 and up will be able to read it by themselves without assistance.
Tangled
Tangled The Series Adventure Is Calling is a trade paperback that, much like Big Hero 6, is one of the better and more original creations from the Mouse House. From IDW Publishing, this Tangled collection will appeal to girls more than boys, but has enough action to keep them reading.
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I’m not an animation purist, but I absolutely love stop motion animation. It’s the tactile notion that what I see moving on screen is a real thing. I immediately think of the creators behind it, their attention to detail as they move each model one small movement at a time. City Mouse, Country Mouse by Maggie Rudy is a book that evokes that level of detail, love and commitment.
Continue reading City Mouse, Country Mouse, a visually stunning trip worth getting lost in
We’re part of the Stream Team for Netflix and were compensated for this. All thoughts are our own. October is a busy month. The family is all over the place with festivals, birthday parties and leaf watching. My wife and I have been looking forward to another watching this month and that’s the premier of Stranger Things 2 arrives on October 27. To celebrate that we’ll tell you why we think the show is so fabulous, give away some Netflix subscriptions and recommend a couple other shows for the kids and two for the older audiences.
Continue reading A Netflix giveaway, plus Stranger Things 2 and other spooky doings
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