We received a couple of books recently that are in a class to themselves. One of these books is Paint By Sticker Masterpieces; it’s the next level up from Paint By Stickers For Kids that our oldest son completed. Paint by Sticker Masterpieces is an intricate, detail rich way for advanced puzzle kids and adults to create unique works of art, in a cubist, rough animated manner.
Continue reading Paint By Sticker Masterpieces, small stickers add up to big art
Our kids are in the Star Wars sweet spot. (Note: I may use that phrase for the next 20 years) No, really, they both are in love with the idea and the fantasy that these classic characters bring alive. Star Wars, Creatures, Ships & Droids, a poster-a-page book is as simple, direct and enjoyable as a book can be to a kid who is between 6 and 11.
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Disney Junior, specifically, Mickey Mouse is the jam to our five year old. He watches and re-watches anything Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with zeal. Disney Junior at the Movies-Mickey’s BIG Celebration is in theaters for one showing on November 12. Mickey has a new series, Mickey and the Roadster Racers coming out and fans can check it out on the big screen before anyone else.
Mickey and the Roadster Racers is the series where Mickey and his friends run a groovy garage. They fix up all sorts of transforming roadsters, race and have fun. Minnie and Daisy have their own business too, The Happy Helpers solve problems for people in only the way that a fashionable duck and helpful mouse can.
This giveaway is for a pair of tickets to the 10AM show at Avalon in Alpharetta. The running time for Mickey and the Roadster Racers is 70 minutes. People who attend the showing will also receive a $5 offer to any Disney Store and a free e-book download. There will also be some other giveaways and perhaps special surprises at select locations.
For us it’s a chance for our youngest to finally see a movie that he wants to see. He’s seen a handful of movies, but they’ve been ones that were OK for him, not one that he actively wants to see with characters that he loves.
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Even though Halloween is over you can still enter The Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever! Just take a photo of you, or your young reader with a copy of one of the Halloween Comic Fest Mini-Comic. Upload it to their site and cross your fingers. There are five categories with two winners in each, one kid and one adult. Entries will be accepted until November Monday, November 7 at 11:59 PM. Now this week in new all age comics brings one of the best in a very long time for the girls.
If you have a girl young reader there are sine new all age comics that they’ll want to read. For example, Care Bears Rainbow River Rescue is a new graphic novel that is great for any age. The trade paperback for Beauty and the Beast is out from Joe Books. Supplies on that one are limited so order in advance or grab it if you see it in the stores. It’s only $7.99 too, so it’s quite the deal.
There are still more comics that are just for the girls. Disney Frozen #2, also from Joe Books hits stores and is only $2.99. Mega Princess #1, Miraculous, My Little Pony trade paperback Vol 1, Unicorn vs. Goblins graphic novel and DC Super Heroes Big Book of Girl Power is out. A new graphic novel, DC Super Hero Girls trade paperback Vol . Hits and Myth is only $9.99 and has an all new story. Boys will be OK with this one, but it’s certainly going to appeal to girls more.
Sonic Mega Man Worlds Unite trade paperback Vol 2, Broken Bonds is a great book for elementary school kids. It’s packed with action, but does have vocabulary that might be a little challenging for first through third graders. There are also some cool Doctor Who comics, a pop-up book for younger Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fans, Spidey, DC Super Heroes Big Book of Superpowers and some other cool titles for kids too.
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We’re part of the Stream Team for Netflix and were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. My wife and I binge watch. We’ll find a show that both of us agree on and watch every episode. It’s the TV equivalent of a box of doughnuts. As a way to shake things up I took a moment to scroll through categories that are rarely visited from us and found two incredible films. Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made and Chuck Norris vs. Communism. Both are documentaries on Netflix, but are engaging enough to cast a wide net of entertainment that’ll grip anyone with memories of the 80’s.
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Secret Coders: Paths & Portals is the second book in the series by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes. It’s a fascinating graphic novel that wears its love for STEM on its sleeve. It also manages to do so in a way that draws in non-coders in a way that will make them want to explore the subject matter more.
That’s important to point out because this is a graphic novel, but it’s unlike any one that you’ve read before. Most graphic novels simply have the goal of being entertaining. Paths & Portals wants to be entertaining, as well as, show kids what coding can do, how it’s helpful and why it’s fun.
Continue reading Secret Coders: Paths & Portals, succeeds as a graphic novel and STEM tool
ABC Animals! is a book whose friends are your old school baseball cards, some children’s lunchboxes and the recent release Jungle. It’s a Scanimation Picture Book by author Rufus Butler Seder, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Gallop! This teaches young kids the alphabet by using animals, nothing new there, it’s the Scanimation process that will make ABC Animals! a book that your 2-6 year old will enjoy looking at.
Continue reading ABC Animals! will really move pre-K alphabet learners
Kindie and children’s music are fascinating subcultures. To distant observers they’re the same, yet once you dig into them they’re quite different, just like children. French Playground is a compilation of French and Quebec music that blends both worlds of kindie and children’s music into its own creation that almost defies categorization.
Continue reading You don’t have to be a kid or speak French to enjoy French Playground
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