Toys are a hot topic every holiday season (and even more so this year). The spectrum of toys runs from handmade ones you can buy online to the “It” toys you can buy at 6am on Black Friday (if you don’t get trampled or hit over the head by some overzealous mother with an [...]
It seemed as though the instant that The Dangerous Book for Boys came out, people were already talking about a girl version. And so, authors Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, two powerhouses in the literary mom world, took the challenge with The Daring Book for Girls.
And according to our bloggers so far, they did not disappoint. And [...]
Many of us who are parents now share the same memories of mediocre personalized books (although one rare blogger notes that “the two personalized children’s books that my parents bought me [are] keepsakes that I really treasure from my childhood“). Even so, they had great appeal in that narcissistic way that young children appreciate [...]
Known for her popular Fancy Nancy books, Jane O’ Connor takes her first adventure into the world of fiction with Dangerous Admissions, a mystery set in the world of private schools. Single mom Rannie Bookman is forced to leave the world of editing and takes a job at a private academy where the mysteries begin [...]
Whether you’re a self-confessed “product whore” or “a makeup novice…[at] thirty-coughfivecough“, beauty products are irresistibly enticing to most women. Even if you never aspire to create your own so-called smoky eye (forget Tara Reid; I’m afraid I’ll end up looking like Elvira), it’s undeniably fun to experiment with new looks, even if only in [...]
With kids being introduced to technology at an early age, I’ve found myself intrigued by the various products and services out there. How do we as parents manage teaching our kids via the old traditional methods while incorporating the new and improved advances that will surely assist our kids in their learning?
Well, Knowledge Adventure, known [...]
Most of the products that our parent bloggers review are non-essential nice-to-haves - entertaining books, educational toys and DVDs, great shoes for moms and kids, among plenty of others. But the Sequoia Survival vehicle kit stands out, not just as a fantastic product in itself, but as a reminder to all of us to [...]
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They’ve put together a fantastic campaign for the holiday season called “Get the Lead Out This Holiday Season!” Sadly, it’s [...]
There’s certainly no shortage of baby-toddler-preschooler DVDs and CDs on the market, however, one viewing of many of them and if you’re like me, you’re donating it to your local library. So, when we were introduced to That Baby DVD and That Baby CD, the newest production from Rob and Lisi Wolf (best known for [...]
