Before we leave 2012 behind, it's time to celebrate the "birthdays" of a few favorite children's books:-- When Judy Blume read a newspaper clipping about a toddler eating a tiny pet turtle, she figured it would make a great picture book.It was the late 1960s, and Blume, a mother of two young ...
When Jordan Jacobs was 5 years old, he went to the school librarian to ask for a book about mummies."You want a book about your mommy; what a sweet boy you are," she told him."No, I want a book about MUMMIES . . . you know, ancient Egypt," the frustrated boy explained.Jacobs has been interested ...
No matter what adults say, it's hard being a kid. You have homework, you have rules you have to follow and you have vegetables that you have to eat in order to get dessert. (No one makes Mom and Dad do that.) Some days, a kid needs an escape. Fortunately, music can provide just that. KidsPost's ...
Well, kids, it's time to figure out which video games you want to put on your holiday wish list. It was a great year for gamers, so KidsPost asked video game expert Tom Ham to play with all the latest games to help you decide which ones are worthy of asking for — assuming, of course, that ...
If you weigh 100 pounds, 18 pounds of you is pure carbon. Plants are almost half carbon. Even pure carbon (that is, carbon not combined with anything else) comes in many forms, such as coal, charcoal, even diamonds. Carbon is versatile. Carbon moves. Let’s follow a single carbon atom for a ...
If you're hoping for a Kindle or iPod Touch this holiday season, it pays to think ahead. Which applications will you buy? For $10 you could get a half-dozen new games. But with thousands of choices at the App Store, Amazon and Google Play, how do you know which ones are fun and which are a ...
Celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas this year with some of these great new children's books:BOARD BOOKS:-- Everyone's favorite monkey leads the way in "Happy Hanukkah, Curious George" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $7.99, ages 2-4). This board book, written in a lively verse by Emily Flaschner Meyer, ...
Mornings used to be pretty hectic in the Bennett household. Kids had to be woken up. Dogs had to be let out. Breakfast had to be eaten. And last but not least, teeth had to be brushed. Getting all of this done with two kids, three dogs and only two parents was very tricky. But somehow we ...
This is the fourth book in the Melonhead series, which focuses on Adam Melon (you can see how he got his nickname), his family and his friends. The Melons live in the Capitol Hill section of Washington. Author Katy Kelly grew up on Capitol Hill and still lives in Washington, so part of the fun ...
We’ve all heard that exercise is important … but do you know why? Exercise has all sorts of benefits. The occupational therapists at Primary Children’s have come up with a list of 10 reasons why exercise will help you and your family live a happier and healthier life. <ol ...
