Not all superheroes wear tights. Sometimes they are covered in feathers or fur as in Jennifer Sattler’s Chick ‘n’ Pug. Here we find a bored Chick seeking excitement and adventure in the tradition of his hero, Wonder Pug. When by chance Chick meets a Pug, he vows to help keep things safe from the evils that is everyday living. What…
In which I come clean about a few things. Since The Bee and I have moved it’s been tough. Not ‘we don’t know where our next meal is coming from’ tough but ‘things are tight and we’ve been having way more nights in’ tough. Given the economy I realize that this is not something happening exclusively to me. I encounter…
Brownie and Pearl See the Sights written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Brian Biggs is a simple story about a girl and her cat exploring the town. They go shopping and have have a snack before returning home to each take a nap. Such a sweet book! The unfussy plot, lends itself to lots of discussion about favorite stores, hats, shoes…
My friend Cecily recently wrote a post about just how awful her skills as a mother are. Personally I think she’s way too hard on herself and is just being a person who is also a mom who sometimes needs her space. I mean, if you want to talk awful mothers, holla at your girl. Lately I have been feeling like THE…
A few weeks ago The Bee and I saw Tangled at the United Artists 69th Street Theater. Sadly the 69th Street Theater had gone from a convenient neighborhood theater to having a reputation of a place to avoid at all costs. My last few experiences there left me to seek movie entertainment as far away from a bus route as possible. And…