Book Review - Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook: Fun and Healthy Recipes for Young Cooks

About the Book
Gather your frying pan, mixing bowls, and rolling pin—it’s time to cook! David Atherton, 2019 winner of The Great British Baking Show, walks readers through delicious and delightful recipes such as banana bear pancakes, tasty tacos, and mega-chocolatey cake. From tomato soup (served in a teapot!) to brownies made with sweet potatoes, David Atherton offers a kid-friendly collection of recipes that feels at once timeless and modern. Accompanied by warm illustrations from Rachel Stubbs that capture the joys of cooking together, Bake, Make, and Learn to Cook features sweet and savory recipes for any time of day, a list of needed equipment, a glossary of cooking terms, and some important tips. Don your apron and grab your favorite little sous-chef—this will be a first cookbook to cherish.

 

My Take on the Book
This was a great book to help your young cooks to have some great ideas about the next item on the menu. What was great was that the recipes were easy to follow, but also that the book has a wide array of things to make which will both challenge your cook and provide variety to your tastebuds. The book is full of fun illustrations too, which makes to book better. All-in-all this book will help your young cook to get more confident in their own cooking abilities and your bellies will be full from all of the amazing food that they will make for you!

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Book Review: Making Virtual Work: How to Build Performance and Relationships

About the Book

Making Virtual Work provides a surprisingly practical and straightforward process any leader can use to stop the drain and get the highest gain from every minute spent in a virtual or hybrid meeting.

In this straight-talk short book based on her in-depth scientific research, author Betty Johnson reveals the voices of real virtual workers. They say it’s people, not cameras, that create “Zoom fatigue.” Through their verbatim words, Dr. Johnson illuminates how you can stop doing the things that wear them out and what you can start doing—right now—so that virtual meetings cease to be an exhausting, time-consuming pain. So that virtual work works. For everyone.

Here, you’ll see precisely how to do what virtual workers implore you to do. How to get more done in less time. How to enable the sorts of relationship-building they need to carry them through tough times. How to enable authenticity, inclusion, agency, and equity. How to maximize their talents and wisdom so you and they become more successful.

My Take on the Book
This book was a quick read but has a ton of great insights in it. The author does a great job sharing advice to help you rethink what it means to work virtually. It also really makes you think about doing a better job of listening more and talking less. The author is direct and allows you to learn from her experiences. She gives you advice on what you can do right away to help ease Zoom fatigue but also get more accomplished and to empower your workers in a new way. While the book is based on research, it is down to Earth and allows you to leave reading it with easy take-aways for the future.
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Holiday Gift Guide - Original Christmas Classics Bluray Steelbook

About the Bluray
The cute and family-friendly box set contains four of the most beloved holiday TV specials of all time, including the Rankin/Bass classics “Frosty the Snowman,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” and “Frosty Returns.” Watching these iconic TV specials are part of the American holiday tradition, just like baking cookies or trimming the Christmas tree! The holiday season just wouldn’t be the same without them…

The Original Christmas Classics collection will be available wherever Blu-rays ($44.95 SRP) are sold.
The Original Christmas Classics" DVD set includes the seven features listed below:

1. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964 47 minutes)
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1970 51 minutes)
3. Frosty The Snowman (1969 25 minutes)
4. Frosty Returns (1992 23 minutes

My Take on the Bluray

Talk about holiday traditions, I grew up watching these holiday classics and every year since, even though I am now an adult, I will look forward to watching these shows when they come on the network stations. I was so excited to see that they put these together as I had been wanting to share them all with my own daughters, but have not been able to find them all on television.

There are a few shows that you might also attribute to this classic status that are not here such as Rudolph's Shiny New Year (which I thought would be here but it was not), but I cannot fault the developers too much on that as what you do get is worth the wait!

All of the shows are fun and bring out the holiday spirit in everyone. My kids and I sat down to watch these over the last few days and they loved them.

I encourage you to make these shows a part of your family's holiday tradition too! You will not regret it!

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Book Review - Where's the Polar Bear?

About the Book
Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of animals that include a walrus, a hare, a reindeer, and a polar bear all hiding behind bright felt flaps. With a mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with very little ones.

 

My Take on the Book
This is a fun book for young children. The book combines tactile items that the child can touch with fun images and a cadence of words to make the story a fun one that will engage the child from beginning to end. 

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Book Review - Jingle Bells: A Musical Instrument Song Book

About the Book
Listen and sing along as the merry band of musicians go on a sleigh ride, playing their instruments along the way. Then join in as they all play together in the festive finale! Nicola Slater’s charming illustrations combined with real instrumental music make this sound-button board book an irresistible Christmas gift.Book

 

My Take on the Book
This is a fun book that will get you singing from beginning to end. It is a great book for your littlest readers. As you get ready for Christmas you will definitely want to read and sing as you go through this fun book. You will definitely be reading this over and over again!

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Book Review - Strange Planet Activity Book

About the Book

An activity book based on Strange Planet, Nathan W. Pyle’s #1 New York Times bestseller!

Our favorite literal-speaking Beings return in this fun and hilarious activity book for kids 8-12 and fans of all ages.

The book, filled with puzzles, games, and activities, features iconic big eyed, blue Beings, a bright pastel palette, and delightfully odd, deadpan humor. There are over one hundred pages to joyfully doodle in and complete, with activities ranging from crossword puzzles, mazes, word searches, matching games, spot the difference, and more.

This activity book incorporates absurd “Strange Planet” lingo like “foot fabric tubes” (socks) and “vibrating creature” (purring cat) throughout.

This activity book taps into what we love most about Strange Planet: the humor. This book will give young fans of the Strange Planet series yet another opportunity to visit their favorite blue Beings.

My Take on the Book
If you love this author, you will get the best of both the art of Strange Planet and the quirky wording that you find in the comic too. The book is filled with a ton of fun activities that will keep the reader active for a long time. This is a fun book that gives you a ton of fun throughout the entire book!

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Book Review - Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature

About the Book

Nathan W. Pyle’s first picture book in his Strange Planet series, a #1 New York Times bestseller!

Based on his popular Instagram comics, Nathan W. Pyle presents a delightful, heartfelt, and clever picture book that young and old beings alike will enjoy reading together.

When the nearest star rises, Lifegiver has an exciting quest planned for Offspring! Follow along as they observe a strange creature that sneaks, hides, and vibrates around their house. Hilarity ensues as the blue beings try to mimic this talented creature.

As always, Nathan W. Pyle draws humor from his unique perspective on human activity and delivers a colorful experience that is an ode to cats and humans alike.

This book is a joy to read and share, no matter how many revolutions you’ve made around the nearest star.

My Take on the Book
As someone that has been a fan of Nathan Pyle cartoons, I wanted a way to introduce my kids to him too and this book was a perfect way to do just that. My kids read the book and they loved it. In the book you will see that there is a bit of a puzzle in the wording, but my girls loved the puzzle too. For younger readers, this was a great length that gives you plot, characters and more, but short enough to not lose the young readers' attention. My daughters and I loved the book and we highly recommend it to you too!

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