OWTK KidLit + Comics
on July 5, 2016 at 10:15 am ×
Technically speaking, my kids aged out of the picture book demographic…a half decade ago, but we all still appreciate the art, creativity and inspiration found in the best books written and illustrated for the toddler set. We love it when food talks, when inanimate objects come to life on the […]
OWTK Giveaways
on July 5, 2016 at 10:12 am ×
Inspired by the great new picture book THE MIXED-UP TRUCK, I’ve created a very mixed-up toy giveaway with hundreds of dollars worth of awesomeness for kids. ***THE HUGE MIXED-UP TRUCK AND TOY GIVEAWAY*** To celebrate the release of The Mixed-Up Truck I’ve put together a massive giveaway of toys, video […]
Parenting Blog
on June 8, 2016 at 2:19 pm ×
Confession time, I haven’t the foggiest idea what either of my daughters’ first words were. I’d like to think each kid blurted out a loud & proud “dada!” because, well, duh, but I’d only be guessing. “Emancipation”? “Hummus”? “Let’s Go Red Wings!”? Maaaaaaaybe, but no, probably not. Jimmy Fallon, the […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on May 27, 2016 at 12:19 pm ×
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Reading books on the Kindle app on iPads These are a few of our favorite dads. My sincerest apologies to both Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical theater crimes I’ve just committed, but the opportunity to […]
Education
on October 29, 2014 at 12:58 pm ×
A couple quick things before I send you over to PBS Parents. 1) Justin Roberts saw his first kid’s book published this fall. It is wonderful and features prominently in my new Adventures in Learning post for PBS. 2) My pal Chris Routly is trying to Kickstart his new kid’s […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on October 7, 2014 at 12:16 pm ×
The very successful HUMANS OF NEW YORK book will welcome its first child into the world tomorrow. Brandon Stanton, the genius street photographer behind the Humans of New York phenomenon has compiled portraits of city kids for LITTLE HUMANS OF NEW YORK, a picture book for kids. Pre-order today and […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on August 7, 2014 at 2:25 pm ×
“Caroline” has long been one of my favorite Brandi Carlile tunes, even before I knew that it was a love song to a niece that Brandi was missing while out on the road bringing her roots-rock music to the people. And even before I knew that male voice and piano […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on April 23, 2014 at 9:05 pm ×
It is undeniable that the world is, indeed, a small world after all, and shrinking more by the minute, but at the very same time it is so unimaginably large, and therefore rather difficult for adult or child to truly understand what is happening riiiiiiight…now there, there and way way […]