With apologies to 30 Rock, The Office and other Emmy-nominated comedies, I think the funniest show on television might be SpongeBob SquarePants. So, while there were a handful of good kids DVDs released this week, for me, it’s all about SpongeBob. The newly released DVD collection SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes includes every episode from [...]
The Sony Pictures animated 3-D movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs opens today. Rated PG for brief mild language, the movie is based on the 1978 children’s book of the same name written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. In this action-filled comedy, young scientist Flint Lockwood (voiced by SNL’s Bill Hader) invents a machine that [...]
Are your kids ready for some football? If your kids are football fans, they will love the books on this list of football books for kids and teens: T is for Touchdown: A Football Alphabet by Brad Herzog - Packed with facts and richly illustrated, football fans of all ages will enjoy this as a [...]
Syd Hoff (1912-2004) the author and illustrator of a long list of classic children’s books, was born on this day in 1912. On his birthday, it seems appropriate to celebrate the work of this prolific children’s book author. Syd Hoff’s books are timeless classics with a place on almost every child’s bookshelf. I remember [...]
It’s official. My daughter has started her Christmas list and the toy at the top of the list – Zhu Zhu Pets! She saw a commercial while watching TV and was instantly captivated by these furry little creatures. There are five different Zhu Zhu Pets characters: Zhu Zhu Pets Patches (brown & white) the flower-loving [...]
