Colin Cooper’s new book, A Dad’s Guide to Baby Care (Hamlyn 2015) is just out. We love to see this type of book - a baby care book that features all the stuff moms read but written by a man, with pictures of dads and cute babies throughout. It makes you feel like this whole dad thing is pretty normal. In a bit over 100 colorful pages, Cooper goes over all the major milestones … [Read more...] about New Book: A Dad’s Guide to Babycare
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Dad’s Book of Awesome Recipes
Everyone loves Mike (that’s Mike Adamick) because he’s a super nice guy, but also because he writes fun books that show how every day dads do fun things with projects for and with their kids. His new cookbook Dad’s Book of Awesome Recipes is no exception. Filled with big colorful photos and a wide variety of recipe types, he neither talks down to dads or ignores a fun dad … [Read more...] about Dad’s Book of Awesome Recipes
LEGO Chain Reactions Kit
If you loved the LEGO “book” Contraptions, you’ll also like LEGO Chain Reactions a new kit from Klutz. Along with 33 pieces, you get 10 fun projects all with step-by-step directions. Each project, disguised as a LEGO construction, is a physics project for the your budding LEGO engineer. At $22, this is a perfect gift for the 8-11 set and makes for a good traveling present as … [Read more...] about LEGO Chain Reactions Kit
Kid Presidents Book for kids
My 11 year old son loved this book and it’s a great tie in to President’s Day. "Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America's Presidents" (David Stabler) Filled with fun facts and illustrations from the childhoods of our nation’s leaders, this is the kind of history book kids love. Included are anecdotes on how Ike dealt with bullies, how “Barry” Obama handled moving … [Read more...] about Kid Presidents Book for kids
My son is reading – oh, no!
My 7 year old son is reading aloud! I should be so proud. Yet, he is reading the prose of Super Baby Diaper 2, another semi-literate installment in the Captain Underpants series. I cringe at every sentence beginning with "Me want…," and yet I'm glad he's reading something other than those other puerile Scholastics "classics," the retelling of Star Wars by Lego characters. At … [Read more...] about My son is reading – oh, no!