Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life hit theatres last weekend. Based off of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, the first in the Middle School series by James Patterson, the film is aimed at, well, middle schoolers or tweens. The bad guy of the film is a rule obsessed principal whose entire goal seems to be to squash all creativity out of his school's … [Read more...]
Look in a Book, On Netflix — Six Literary Based Children’s Flicks to Enjoy with Your Kids
When I was a kid I loved to hunt down the books that went with the various animated specials I saw on television. I would carefully watch the credits, eagerly scanning for that all important line "based on the novel by" and then hunt for the book the next time I was at the library. Books gave you more. When you saw that amazing cartoon and you wanted desperately to be one of … [Read more...]
Follow Me Down the Yellow Brick Road: A Round Up of All Things Oz Related
I'm all about Oz this week. Actually, I'll all about Oz on pretty much a daily basis, as G-Girl and I are still reading through the original series for a second time. But I find Oz on my mind even more then usual, as I'm obsessing on the new Disney prequel coming out this weekend. So I've been browsing around the net, collecting Oz related things that catch my fancy. You can … [Read more...]
Babar: The Classic Series, Complete First Season, 2 DVD Set
My little ones love Babar and so do I. So I was pretty happy to have a chance to review the new Complete First Season 2 DVD set for the Classic TV Series. I'm talking about the classic animated series that first ran in the late 1980s. Only now it's been digitally restored and remastered for this DVD release. It's the first time the complete first season has been made available … [Read more...]