Parents need to know that “Sonic Mania” is a downloadable arcade-like action game. Players can take on the role of Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, and Knuckles the Echidna, three mainstay characters from this long-running “Sonic” series. Although you play as animals, you spend most ...
<em>Dear Carolyn:</em><em>We Americans are used to large restaurant portions. Often when dining out with friends, someone suggests an entree she wants to split, and since I suspect my friends all know I’d rather die than offend, I’m often feeling ...
What do we like more than homemade goodies? When kids can make ’em themselves! The new book “Baking Class: 50 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Bake!” by Deanna F. Cook ($19, Storey Publishing) helps them do just that with cute ideas and step-by-step how-tos perfect for any aspiring chef. One ...
If you are like me, you were a little taken aback by how quickly summer came and went.It seems as if summer vacation started with me wearing my pajamas through the fast food drive-thru for lunch every day, then I sported solar eclipse glasses for approximately seven minutes, and then summer ...
In the summer, there were lots of excuses: Camp, the pool, the beach, lazy days when it didn't seem so bad if your kids were still in their pajamas and maybe watching a little TV or noodling around on an iPad. It was vacation, right? They'd read when school started. Wouldn't pressuring them ...
Who fights crime and chews chairs? Dog Man, the heroic hound in Dav (pronounced "Dave") Pilkey's new graphic novel, "Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties."Dog Man is half pup and half police officer, said Pilkey, who came up with the brave-but-wacky character when he was in second grade. Back then, ...
