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Not A Stick
Arts & Culture

Not A Stick

Many recent releases in the world of children's picture books have been detailed, complicated efforts — fantastic, highly elaborate illustrations or plots that revolve around big issues (death, divorce, gender, inequality) dealt with in a manner that the intended audience hopefully understands. Other books have been noteworthy for being 'clev...
The Best Rhyming Children’s Books
Arts & Culture

The Best Rhyming Children’s Books

After repeated readings to growing puplets, we leave off last words in rhyming… couplets! Poetry invites dynamism. Find yourself rhymin' with 'em. Maurice Sendak said, Trap readers inside the rhythm. Not as many kids' books rhyme as you might think. Stories with forced rhymes emit a slight stink! Here's my primer for rhyming pic...
Storytime!
Arts & Culture

Storytime!

There was one little baby who was born faraway And another who was born on the very next day And both of these babies, as everyone knows Had ten little fingers and ten little toes So begins the new picture book from Mem Fox, due to be released at the end of the month. For her 32nd children's book, Fox has teamed up with acclaimed illustrator...
The Misanthrope
Insight

The Misanthrope

My son is a seventeen-month-old Magellan, a toddling Columbus, an infant Jacques Cousteau when the lid of the toilet is accidentally left open, and he explores his strange new world with cheerful eyes, an endless curiosity and a wonderfully optimistic, if still unsteady, stride. There are so many things I want to tell him. I want to tell him that...

Strollerderby

God Knows We Need A Laugh / Bad Mothers Club

4:32 PM On the fantastic UK Bad Mothers Club website, there's this brilliant bit called Tantrum of the Week. Sick on the bedroom floor and lazy men and working from home are our fav... read more

What’s The Best Punishment For Kids?

2:23 PM Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy What do you do when your kids misbehave? A poll by the self-proclaimed “World’s Strictest... read more
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FameCrawler

W Magazine Amputates Demi Moore’s Hip

5:43 PM Okay, we know the gorgeous mother of three likes plastic surgery, but wasn’t it a bit presumptuous of W magazine to liposuction Demi Moore’s thigh without her approval?... read more

Johnny Depp Drunkest Man In NYC (Brilliant Video)

5:00 PM After an evening out with punk legend Patti Smith in New York on Wednesday night, the newly re-crowned Sexiest Man Alive, one J Depp, looked like he was back on the set of Fear and... read more
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Droolicious

Star Baby: Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban’s Baby Uggs It Up

5:14 PM I think there is some kind of law in place that Aussies Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have to put a pair of the Australian born Ugg boots on their daughter, Sunday. It’s... read more

Boy’s Retro Lounge Set

10:00 AM I can’t think of a reason not to love this Boy’s Retro Lounge Set. The bold colours are amazing and the set appears to be extra comfy. The set includes a matching white s... read more
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