Category Archives: Children’s Corner

No, it snot.

Someone can answer this for me: How come three-year-olds are always covered in snot?  Maybe another way to ask this is: How come we’re not covered in snot all the time like three-year-olds are? I’m sure there’s a simple answer, … Continue reading

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Diane…(Part Two)

While it’s still the weekend and we’re still recovering from Bobby Wasabi’s Variety Show, and a harrowing 50 mile bike ride (damn you, MS!), I thought a little more TV might be in order.  Just to keep it thematic, here’s … Continue reading

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Diane…

The only thing I would have liked more is if Agent Cookie had said, “This is– excuse me– a damn fine COOOOOOOOOOKIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!! (nom nom nom nom nom nom)” (h/t @erinegg)

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Rumpus Rumpus Rumpus Rumpus

I was going to rail against some ridiculousness I found on RedState, but then I ran across this trailer and decided my ranting could wait for another day. I think it’s natural for anyone who loves Where the Wild Things … Continue reading

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Required Reading

After last week’s review, one might have thought that I had all but given up on modern children’s literature.  Or one might have not. Either way, this week, I’d like to share a particularly incredible book written by the particularly … Continue reading

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Urban Mystification: The Romanticism of the City, and the Vaporization of the Country in “Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo”

Let’s face it:  Tolstoy most children’s books ain’t.  By necessity–the short form, the short attention span of their target audience, the oh-so-tasty ingredients in their pages–they often offer, on the surface, a reductive perspective of the world.  Yet what they … Continue reading

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