Tucked away in an idyllic New England town is one of the finest annual children’s music events in all the land. Meltdown: The River’s Family Music & Book Festival is an all-day immersion in some of the greatest all-ages music, literature and extra-curricular activities known to man. Oh, and it’s […]
House of Ingri, a NYC-based family owned outfit fresh off their Toy Fair debut, has recently entered the Ugly Doll/Kid Robot market of cute-but-odd plush toys and books. The passion Ingri and her husband have for their creation was obvious after just 10 seconds of conversation. It’s the kind of […]
When it comes to games for younger children, Gamewright is one of my favorite companies. They balance price point (many $12 and below), creativity, and speed of play darn near perfectly. Last year, I introduced you to Rory’s Story Cubes and Take the Cake from Gamewright. This year, the nearly […]
ELLA JENKINS “A LIFE OF SONG” Ella Jenkins, a legend in family, and folk, and family-folk music, delivers this week the aptly titled “A Life of Song”. Like any other parent who appreciates fine all-ages music and like any other music fan who looks lovingly towards those who have helped […]
The bugs are still small, but my how they’ve grown! I first learned of HEXBUGS and introduced them to you two years ago, after NYC Toy Fair ’09. That was well before they snagged over 4 feet of eye-level shelf space at Toys-r-Us and Target! Two years later, the brand […]
Smack me silly and call me Francine, but I can draw a perfectly straight line between: INQUISITIVE & OBSERVANT CHILD INTELLIGENT & THOUGHTFUL ADULT A BETTER WORLD With that in mind, I offer to you OWTK Helpful Idea #4 – Learning Opportunities Abound (Preschool Edition)! Are you looking for creative […]
I live a charmed life. I stay at home, I’ve got a lovely wife, and 2 adorable children (“that’s debatable” – Mary Poppins reference, which will make perfect sense as you read on). The blurb of a bio I hand out when freelance writing ends with “Jeff considers himself to […]
CAT AND A BIRD self-titled In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Dan Zanes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lucky Diaz, John and Mark Anytime you can visualize grooving to a kid’s song in a smokey, dim-lit, back alley (& possibly underground) jazz club you’ve probably got yourself a winner. Cat and A Bird […]
