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Best all age comics for December 14

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There are only two more new comic book days before Christmas, so if you plan on getting a young reader or yourself something for that long weekend stock up now. The best all age comics this week run the gamut to cool graphic novels to a couple of the go-to comics that you can never go wrong with.

Let’s start off with two action/science-fiction graphic novels. Kids 6 and up will like Dragons Defenders of Berk, it’s an original graphic novel about Toothless, Dragon Training Academy and Vikings. If your kids have seen either of the films they’ll love this. The other action graphic novel is Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises and it collects issues 1-4 of this outstanding comic book. Kids 8 and up will like this, mainly due to the reading required to really enjoy the comic. Bruce Lee is one of the best all age comics this year that blends classic action, science fiction and humor in a package that anybody can enjoy.

Two funny graphic novels that’ll hit their sweet spot is Adventure Time: Ice King and Simpsons Comics Knockout. Both of these books are laugh out loud funny, have distinctive art and are more palatable for younger audiences in print, than their television counterpart.

In humor comic books check out Mickey & Donald Christmas Parade #2, Spongebob Comics #63, as well as, My Little Pony: Friends Forever #35 and others to tickle the yuletide funny bone.

Fans of all age comic books who dig super heroes will be drawn to the heroes in a half shell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures Vol 2. A new comic book that brings together two great characters for a mini-series is Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. #2 of #6 is out this week and this series is outstanding. It brings real action and mood to a genre that normally paints its superheroes as cartoonish or too young for most 7 year olds.

Invader Zim, Mega Princess, Scooby Doo Where Are You? and Sonic Universe are also out this week.

Where’s your closest comic book store? What are you reading? If you take any photos be sure to tag it with #AllAgeComics to get new ideas or share what you think others should check out.

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The Kano computer kit that kids build, code and play

It’s not a challenge to get a child interested in computers. The games, interactivity, visuals and sounds make it a natural attraction for kids to want to play with them. However, parents know the difference between productive play, time wasting play and play that can be a combination of both-or even more. The Kano computer kit takes that into consideration and has its main goal as being a solution to making computers fun, approachable and something that kids can build from the ground up. In short, for some children, the Kano computer kit will be a game changer in how they interact with technology, data and their future.

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Win a copy of The Secret Life of Pets Blu-Ray

There were two animated films in 2016 that we absolutely loved and one of them was The Secret Life of Pets. Its initial trailer plays the plot very close to the chest, which is a great thing. The less you know about this film the better, other than the fact that it is very, very funny. It’s the movie that our 6 year old was itching to see and will finally get his wish this holiday season.

The Secret Life of Pets is good for kids 6 and up and has a soft PG rating. There are a couple scenes that are in the dark with comic bad guys that might scare some of the 5 year olds.

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A copy of The Secret Life of Pets on Blu-Ray

Octonauts Live! review: Cadets under 8 will love it

Explore! Rescue! Protect! The family saw Octonauts Live! and it was a visual celebration for the toddler to early elementary set. It was the first stage show for our youngest who is five. He kept stating that we’re going to see an Octonauts movie. I was explaining to him that it’s not a movie and that the Octonauts would be there in person.

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Dressing two kids to the holiday nines with OshKosh B’Gosh

This post is sponsored by Everywhere Agency on behalf of OshKosh B’gosh; however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. For any parent one of true joys in the holiday season has got to be those photos. Those photos are the ones where the kids are at their seasonal best or you just happen to catch them when they’re trying to (poorly) disguise them from sneaking something. With our two boys it’s never quite clear which version you’ll catch. Ever since our kids were born we’ve made the trek to OshKosh B’Gosh to get their kid’s fashion on.

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Marvel The Amazing 1000 Dot-To-Dot is laser focused fun for teens and up

“I used to love dot-to-dot puzzles”, the lady at the bagel place said as she sat next to me. I felt just a bit juvenile as she said that and opened up Marvel, The Amazing 1000 Dot-To-Dot Book so that she could see one of the incomplete puzzles. “Wow, does everyone need a magnifying glass to do them or are we just old”?

It eased my ego and aging eyes to let her know that even our 7 year old needed a magnifying glass when he tried to do one. He tried to do it with his toy magnifying glass. I tried to complete one of the puzzles with that, but then realized that I needed to go full Monty and buy a proper magnifying glass.

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Best all age comics for December 7, #NCBD

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With the holidays and Christmas just around the corner this is a great week to think about some presents that kids will really want. OK, sometimes what they really want isn’t what they receive. Specifically we’re talking the best all age comics for this week and call it good timing or effective marketing but there is a great variety of graphic novels that will appeal to kids 5 and up.

For girls aged 5 and Barbie is back! I know, she really never went anywhere, but her presence in print has certainly been lacking until now. Papercutz has released Barbie: Puppy Party, it’s an original graphic novel that ages 5 and up will enjoy. The younger ages will need some helping reading along, however the content will run parallel to their play time activities and toys. Self-guided readers 7 and up will be able to read by themselves to Barbie: Puppy Party. Here is the shocker, Barbie: Puppy Party is not just about being pretty and playing with puppies. There are lots of great messages in the book and it approaches them in a non-preachy way that would otherwise be a turn off for kids.

Also in humor comic books this week Adventure Time #59, Duck Avenger #2 and Looney Tunes #234 are out. Another very enjoyable and quirky graphic novel for ages 9 and up this week is Boom Box 2016 from Boom! Studios. These are all new stories about being in a band, playing music and being a teen. If you’re a fan of Lumberjanes, Goldie Vance, Archie, The Backstagers or more this is your jam. It’s priced at $9.99 and has 44 original pages.

Mickey Mouse also has a new graphic novel out this week, Mickey Craziest Adventures. It has Mickey meeting aliens, dinosaurs and other strange creatures, The art is this book is other-worldly and looks, psychadelic, strange and not at all Disney, all the while having the charm of a classic Disney cartoon. This won’t be good for a 5 year old, but your 8 year old who needs to be reminded that Mickey Mouse is cool will dig this.

One of the best all age comics this week is Jim Henson Storyteller Giants. Archaia, an imprint of Boom! Studios has put out a couple of these series, Dragons and Witches both had stunning art, magical stories and reminds older readers that art is a part of the comic book world. Part 1 of this 4 part mini-series is about a giant is treated by a village that has no reason to fear him and his quest to improve his reputation. There is a fair amount of reading in this comic and its dreamy, middle Earth appearance won’t immediately attract ‘superhero’ kids. However, this is fabulous on many levels and ages 12 and up who want something fresh, original, beautiful should check this one out.

Western fans are left out in the cold when it comes to comics. This week come inside and read Varmints. It’s an original graphic novel about a pair of siblings traveling the old west looking for the man who shot their mother. This is drawn in a way that comic strip fans will gravitate towards and is very thick, with a longer story than you might imagine. It’s also refreshing to read something set in the past, without a hint of technology. Ages 12 and up will like this simply due to the fact that there is some very mild violence.

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A familiy guide to hiking Amicolola Falls

Amicolola Falls is the tallest cascading waterfall in the southeast and has some spectacular hiking all around it. The area is also exceptionally family friendly. A family guide to hiking the Amicolola Falls is quite simple as there are trails for any level hiker. There is a staircase that takes you all the way up, a wooded trail or a combination of them to switch up the view.

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