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Coming Home, a mostly picture book for military families and more

If you’ve been through any airport you know the scene. Behind the rope are some family members with signs waiting for their friend, spouse or neighbor coming home from armed service. A new picture book takes a look at that scene in a mostly wordless book that will resonate with any parent or person who has served.

Coming Home is a simple book that uses its words sparingly. It does have plenty of images where soldiers are greeting pregnant wives, newborn children and family members. The art in Coming Home is lush, detailed and very effective.

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The main character is a boy who is roaming the crowd looking for his parent. Coming Home is a great example of letting the art in a children’s book breathe. In this case the illustrations have plenty of room to work with given that there are very few words in the book. Coming Home is a children’s book that will work great with military families or those parents that travel often.

What does God stand on in the clouds?

“What does God stand on in the clouds?” he asked from the back seat. It’s been a cavalcade of great questions, sometimes ill-timed mind you, but Jake has been a fountain of curiosity and laughs lately. It was a fabulous spring day with massive white puffy clouds and we were driving past a church, so that could’ve been the visual cue that prompted this.

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Gorillas In Our Midst: big plans, average outcome

The biggest thing you’ll immediately notice about Gorillas In Our Midst is its size. This is one big book. It’s so much larger than other children’s books that you’ll subconsciously assume that it’s that much better. Gorillas In Our Midst is the story of a young boy who is trying to convince people that gorillas are everywhere, hiding in plain sight.

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My old box and small people building big things with LEGO

It was just a cardboard box, 1’ wide and 1’6” deep, but it is the thing that I remember most from my childhood. Granted, part of that memory is what was in the box. It was the mid 70’s and in my closet were all my cool toys. I had a tray full of Time-Life WW II cards, lots of comic books, Hot Wheels and in that cardboard box were all of my LEGOs.

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Strep, it’s not just for throats anymore

Charlie’s not much of a talker. He rambles on endlessly, but the ratio of intelligible words to cute children mutterings is far tilted in the former. When he kept saying ‘bum hurts’ we paid it a little attention, but didn’t panic. On the upside, that is awesome that our child is speaking in British slang. However, if he says that he wants to wear his fanny pack then we’ll stop his lessons there. Sure enough, his bottom was red, it looked like a little diaper rash, but we’d definitely seen worse.

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A child’s boo-boo and scabs that look like Iceland

As the kids and I were playing on the driveway I was thinking to myself how lucky I am. It’s a great life, the kids are healthy and nobody has had an accident in a really long time. Parenting tip: A parent should be careful about being thankful for the lapse in time between accidents.

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Ramblings of children: The fur on my arm is getting longer

When you drive children around in the car it’s a conversation roulette wheel. Sometimes it’s meaningless whispers and other times it’s priceless conversation akin to learning a second language.

Jake: “The fur on my arm is getting longer”
Note: when you’re a parent you learn to think in the abstract. Your kid may seem like he’s muttering without purpose or syntax, but you can understand them. Thus, when he said this-and after a quick look back in the rear view mirror I knew what he was talking about.

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The Cosco NEXT Convertible car seat is light, priced right and compact

Having a baby means a whole new department of product education. One of the biggest entries in that category are car seats. We were offered the chance to review the Cosco NEXT Convertible Car Seat. Baby car seats run the gamut with bells, whistles and colors, but at the end of the day all you, as the parent want is for it to be safe, just in case an accident happens.

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