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You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang is what a (children’s) book should be

Every children’s book has the inert potential to be awesome. Some of them are great, some good, fewer are OK and a couple are just bad. The rarest of all children’s books in our house is the book that hooks us immediately and can be re-read without any effort at all. The Great Lollipop Caper was the last children’s book that caught our attention to the same degree that You Are (Not) Small did. It’s simple, has big, cute pictures and lets the white space between the images and words tell as much of the story as the written ones themselves.

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The Storyteller Witches #1, dreamy all ages art makes Jim Henson proud

The Storyteller Witches #1 is an interesting comic. It has Jim Henson’s name above it and is published by Archaia, who handles all of the Fraggle Rock comics, so the bar and fond memories are set high. Think Dark Crystal and this is in the same vein. Better yet, think The Storyteller television series that Henson created from the late 80’s and you have a much better idea of the tone and expectations of The Storyteller Witches #1.

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The Simpsons Family History: Aye carumba this is awesome

The Simpsons Family History: A Celebration of Television’s Favorite Family is not what I expected but I am 100% OK with that. I expected a blow by blow account of how each episode is made and some photos from the animators and voice over artists doing their craft. In reality the book is soup to nuts how Marge and Homer met, fell in love, had kids and found Santa’s Little Helper. It features art that is taken from the source that reminds viewers of the art that is at the root of the longest-running American sitcom, longest-running animated series and longest- running primetime scripted series.

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Live reading of Tuesday Tucks Me In at The Children’s Museum of Atlanta on 9/19, 11 AM

Before being a dad I worked in the humane industry. I did PR, social media and various aspects of management for a large animal shelter. During my time there I learned about the value and work of a service dog, as well as, the healing powers that animals provide. On Friday, September 19 at 11 AM, Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan and his service dog Tuesday will be at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta to read their New York Times bestselling book, Tuesday Tucks Me In.

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Preschool books: Mini Myths Be Patient Pandora and Play Nice Hercules

At the risk of an overused pun, Greek mythology is well, Greek to me. I know somewhere there’s a pillar of salt, a hydra, Hercules and Aquaman is in there somewhere, I think. Mini Myths is a new board book series of the classic Greek myths re-imagined as modern stories for toddlers. The words on these preschool books are big, the concepts are simple and the art will draw in young readers aged 1-4.

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Come jump on the Little Elliot, Big City Blog Tour

Our criteria for a great bed time story is that it’s simple enough for kids to read, or have assistance reading and be read multiple times without annoying the parent. Little Elliot, Big City is a good example of this description. It’s the simple story about an elephant that doesn’t quite fit in, until he finds someone else who doesn’t quite fit in. We’re part of the Little Elliot, Big City Blog Tour and had the chance to pose some questions to its author, Mike Curato.

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Kang & Kodos! finally have their one-shot on Bongo Comics

Kang & Kodos, the space aliens from The Simpsons are two of our favorite characters from the show. They’re the animated, alien equivalent of Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets. Two sets of characters that both have great one liners, are sometimes present, but haven’t gone too far in regular episodes. Because of that, The Simpsons have always used Kang & Kodos sparingly and usually on the Halloween episode. Their first solo shot in comics is appropriately called Kang & Kodos and is very rewarding for fans of the show.

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Hero Cats of Stellar City #1-all ages comic that isn’t all cats

Hero Cats of Stellar City is the story of 6 cats with super hero powers. All of them can read and communicate, but some of them can build robots, read minds or have other super powers. You’re not into cats so this all age’s comic isn’t for you or your children? Don’t worry because it turns out that Stellar City also have a couple of humans with super powers, in addition to some baddies that will come forth in future issues.

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