Leave it to an evolutionary biologist to pen a children’s book that describes the “magic of reality”. In the video he says that its aimed for kids around twelve-years-old, perhaps younger. Along with these beautiful illustrations, this will certainly find a place on many a coffee table and bookshelf. Every chapter is a question. Questions [...]
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Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts
This is the second in a series of videos with children’s librarian extraordinaire Susie Heimbach, from the Mulberry St. branch of the New York Public Library. In this video, she talks about six great books that are perfect to share with young aspiring astronauts in your life. Here’s a list of the books from this [...]
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Susie Brings Books: 5 Great Books for Back to School
This is the first in a series of videos I shot with children’s librarian extraordinaire Susie Heimbach. You can normally find her sharing great books with kids of all ages at the Mulberry St. branch of the New York Public Library. She has an infectious enthusiasm for books and reading and impacts countless kids who [...]
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Scratch and Sniff New York City – One Week Left
I have been enjoying watching the progress of this kid’s book make its way through Kickstarter. Written by Amber Jones, an award-winning concierge who knows a thing or two about how to show visitors the best sights – and smells – of NYC. Her scratch-and-sniff tour of NYC includes many of the smells that [...]
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Pat the Bunny as Brain Eater
It’s not for the kids, but parents and non-parents will appreciate this zombie take on Pat the Bunny. Perhaps this is another sign of the impending Zombie-pocolypse that a beloved children’s character has been recast as a Zombie. It’s never too soon to educate the young about Zombies and their habits. Still, I got a [...]
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A Book Your Kids Can Really Get Into
Why read in bed when you can read your bed? Turn the pages when you feel a bit chilly or too warm. I love this design by Yusuke Suzuki that opens up a ton of possibilities for storytime. Book Bed – Neatorama.
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Blog to Book: Geek Dad in Print
Any self respecting dad blogger must to tip their hat to the awesome Geek Dads over at Wired. I’ve been a big fan of their blog for longer than I’ve been a dad (sort of). Looking forward to digging into some fun projects from their print version. Amazon link below. Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects [...]
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Sh*t My Dad Says – In Print
If you liked the Twitter feed and the Tumblr, you can now get the hysterical gems of fatherly wisdom of Justin Halpern’s dad in book form. They are also making this sh*t into a TV show, which I would think would be a terrible idea except for the fact that William Shatner’s on board, which [...]
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