How to Hide a Lion at Christmas, pretend seasonal play for 4 and up

How to Hide a Lion at Christmas is logical. The title is illogical, but considering how well-and how adept Iris is at hiding him and many adventures they’re had, it makes sense. Iris is a four year-old girl who has been figuring out ways to hide her lion for several years. She’s hidden her lion at school, from grandma and others. This book, and the others by author Helen Stephens; succeed due to the book’s perspective, its timeless/charming art and the fact that everyone has pretended to hide something from someone when they were that age.

Timeless and modern, try to hide a lion at christmas will you……

All age comic books for January 1

Happy new comic book day for the first Wednesday of the year! Yeah, it’s a day late, but as new comic book day fell on Christmas Day and then on New Year’s Day it means that the number of all age comic books is lower than normal weeks. There are still some great ones to choose from, like Vault of Heroes Hulk from IDW Publishing which will be great for kids in elementary school who want some superhero reading. Sonic the Hedgehog #26 is out this week too and this monthly comic book is a go-to comic for elementary schools. They love this comic and after looking at it for a moment you’ll see why.

This week in all age comic books has Sonic, Supes, Spider-Man, Ducktales and more

How to go shrimp fishing in Hilton Head Island

The kids wanted to see sea life. A ‘sea cruise’ for me sounds kind of boring. What to do in Hilton Head when the family want to spend a couple hours on the water, perhaps see some sea life and maybe, just maybe catch a couple pounds of fresh shrimp? It was an unexpected answer for us that turned out to be one of the more memorable times during our vacation. The Tammy Jane operates its shrimping expeditions from May through mid-January each year and combined something for everyone in our group.

Our trip on the Tammy Jane Shrimp Trawler was entertaining and provided dinner

Downton Abbey The Motion Picture, the Crawley clan film works well

Now a major motion picture, that phrase used to be the marketing stuff of legend. The book that you read is now a movie! You and your friends can be the first to say that the book was better and then clamor for more books that can be made into sequels. When some of the toys, I’m looking at you Transformers, started to get into the game it did water down the reputation a bit. When video games were made into movies it was a tipping point in the universe where up was down. Thankfully that also signaled a bit of a change. It said, without actually saying it, that if the fans are there, then a movie could be made of a property that was once on the small screen. That’s where Downton Abbey, The Motion Picture succeeds as a fan’s film and one that’s enjoyable for people who enjoy cinema.

Downton Abbey jumps from the small screen to the big screen with ease

Bad Kitty Searching For Santa, early elementary Christmas giggles

Wait; didn’t Bad Kitty just have Thanksgiving? Yes, she did, but it’s a Bad Kitty world and we’re just living in it. Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving was a board book. Bad Kitty Searching For Santa gives our grumpy cat an illustrated book format and has her try to figure out is she’s been naughty or nice. For readers in elementary school the answer to that question is an easy ‘yes!’ However, in the world of Bad Kitty it’s never as simple as that.

Bad Kitty, this is the christmas illustrated book for ages 4 and up

The Sony Xperia 1 Smartphone, next level photos and more

We were compensated by Best Buy for this post. All thoughts are our own. I have a cell phone, but I use my camera to take the majority of my photos. That’s because the camera on my cell phone doesn’t do what I would like it to do. It doesn’t shoot fast enough, it shoots poorly in low light and takes too long to boot up. I realize these are all first world problems, but when you’re trying to get that one shot, for either your family photos or a client it’s got to happen now-and it won’t be repeated. The Sony Xperia 1 Smartphone levels up the photo capabilities in your cell phone. Consider this the translator that’s never been present between your mind’s eye and that photograph or shot you’ve always known was there.

The leading edge of smartphone keeps changing, the Sony xperia 1 cuts the path now

The Hadley Academy For The Improbably Gifted, fresh mid-school reading

The Hadley Academy For The Improbably Gifted sounds like a young adult hit movie, doesn’t it? In my mind’s eye I see the characters already cast and to an extent that’s completely accurate. The Hadley Academy is a young adult novel that establishes a new world, one that exists within sight of ours, but can only be seen by a few, select people. See, it has similarities, ideas or tropes that other well known middle grade fiction books try to achieve.  Author Conor Grennan wastes no time in creating this slightly alternate world and dropping readers right in the middle of it.

The Hadley Academy requires your attention, but you’re rewarded with a smart, twisty

Star Wars A Merry Sithmas Pop-Up Book, rises to the season

It’s natural to be scared of one thing or another. Let’s be clear, it’s not that I was scared of Star Wars A Merry Sithmas Pop-Up Book; it’s just that I was hesitant to get started on it because I thought I wouldn’t be able to finish the book in a way that’s presentable. Any Star Wars fan knows that once you open the packaging or break the seal its collectible value plummets. That’s where this book is utterly, thankfully different. “Daddy, can we do the pop-up book”, asked the 10 year-old. It’s when he asked that question I knew it was time, for better or worse to get the tape, read the directions and jump into the book.

This pop-up craft book is easy and fun to do, it’s a holiday keepsake for generations
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