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‘Big City Greens’ Big Season 4
As I age, I find myself counting the television calendar less by the return of my favorite dramas and medical shows and more by the shows I watch with my kids. Since we are dependent upon the...
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Review: ‘How the Grinch Lost Christmas’
It is the end of September, which means I have already been listening to Christmas music for at least six weeks! The end of August and the beginning of September are particularly stressful in my day...
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Review: ‘Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake’
Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake is the debut middle grade novel from Michael Witwer. Witwer is a New York Times bestselling author better known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons:...
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Experimenting with Advent Calendars
I love a good advent calendar. My kids, for the most part, love a chocolate advent calendar. Each year I fill little cardboard drawers with little bites of chocolatey goodness, coins, Santas, other...
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Thanksgiving Crafts: Now With 100% More Juice
From Canadian Thanksgiving to American Thanksgiving, we are all about the turkey in our household. Thanksgiving has long been my husband’s favorite holiday, and so, over the past 20 years, we have...
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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide – Games
In case you hadn’t noticed, we love a good game around here. Card games, board games, dice games, videogames, we are equal-opportunity gamers here. We love them all, whether they fit in our stockings...
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Twelve Nights of Snowmen
Snowmen have filled our days since we emerged from our post Thanksgiving Turkey coma. Along with a regular reenacting of Frosty the Snowmen courtesy of my eight year old, we spend time every day...
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75 Years of ‘My Father’s Dragon’
This year sees the 75th anniversary of the childhood classic My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. This is not a book that I encountered in my childhood, but I am very happy to have been...
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‘Keepy Uppy’: The Game That Won Christmas
In the end, it was the simplest plastic toy that entertained us for the longest on Christmas Day and in the post-Christmas chaos, bringing joy to all of us from ages 8 to 72. Bluey: The Keepy Uppy Game...
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Discovering the World of Emily Wilde
Imagine a world where fairies were discovered in the early 1600s and where the study of them has been a legitimate area of academia ever since, studied by Dryadologists all over the world. This is the...
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Introducing ‘Lyla in the Loop’
Lyla in the Loop debuts on PBS KIDS next month. Along with other favorites like Ada Twist Scientist and Peg Plus Cat, this show is a funny STEM-based animated series for kids ages 4-8. Centering on a...
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The Fair Folk by Su Bristow
Felicity is 8 years old the first time They appear to her. Led by their “queen’ Elfrida, they entice Felicity and welcome her into their fairy circle, showing her all the things she had dreamed of and...
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Even Monsters Have Families: ‘Medusa’s Sisters’ by Lauren Bear
My lifelong love of Greek mythology is always rekindled when a new retelling comes my way, especially when that re-telling comes from the perspective of overlooked characters. Medusa’s Sisters is the...
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‘The Last Bookwanderer’ by Anna James
Be still my beating heart. The sixth and final book in the Pages and Co series from Anna James, The Last Bookwanderer, is released in the US on February 27, 2024. I have loved this series since I first...
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Leap Day Reading
Even if the day holds no special meaning for you, the occurrence of February 29th every four years is a magical moment. I can think of no better way to mark the magical moments in my life than with a...
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Novel Pairings: A Book Lover’s Podcast
There are only a handful of podcasts that I really enjoy listening to with regularity. A few lifestyle authors I like such as Emily P Freeman, and Kendra Adachi, who speak to the trials and...
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Introducing Bluey Book Reads
When Bluey first appeared on Disney Plus in 2020, our family were all instant fans. I remember arriving home from work, where my dad was hanging out with my three kids, I don’t think he even said hello...
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Destination Bookstore: Brookline Booksmith
Hello my name is Sarah and I am a bookworm. Though of late, I am loving the social media trend that paints me as a book dragon, reading and hoarding books with equal merriment. What does a book dragon...
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‘The Last Remains’ by Elly Griffiths
In 2020 I discovered a series of books that brought me great distraction during the harrowing months of lockdown and the ensuing bizarreness of 2020. I have since read them through twice, and this...
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‘Bluey’: “The Sign”
Hold onto your Unicourses, everyone, the biggest episode of Bluey ever is coming on Sunday. “The Sign” is the first-ever extended-length special from everyone’s favorite Heeler family and premieres...
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