Fearlessly Funny Stories
“You’re not smart enough!” “You won’t do well on this test!” “Your clothes are funny!” Learning how to manage and deal with inner bullies can impact self-esteem, stress levels, and overall happiness! In our videos, we often talk about negative voices in terms of test stress. In fact, we personified (or puppet-onified!) negative voices [...]
Zombie Tag is a great game for Halloween or any time you need to bring a little life (or death) to a party. It’s also a great team-building game because the group has to work together to tag the other players. Make it a Book SmARTS activity and Read: A Zombie’s Guide to the Human [...]
Today is a Global Day of Play. How will you celebrate? We’ll be at the A-Maz-ing Cardboard Challenge at Pleasant City’s Blum Park inspired by Caine’s Arcade. Caine is an awesome little boy who built an arcade out of cardboard and inspired the world! Caine’s Arcade
Recycle Rap and Energy Emission Song Several years ago, Kenny and I produced two videos for the Palm Beach County School District about recycling and emissions. They’ve graciously allowed us to share these videos with others to help get the word out about these important topics. Please feel free to show these videos to kids [...]
GOCK PUPPETS: (Gothic Sock Puppets) Gocks are an absolute blast to make!!! All you need are some socks (preferably black!), some glue, googly eyes, safety pins, and any embellishments or decorations you can find. Kids can even make their own gock puppet video. Like the one below which was written, shot and edited by two [...]
Positive Attitude is Everything VIDEO Here’s one of the Videos from the BIG TEST Success Video Series. 14 Positive Attitude is Everything.mp4
Interview with Author/Illustrator Janeen Mason Janeen, can you tell me a little about GIFT OF THE MAGPIE? GIFT OF THE MAGPIE is a colorful picture book about two friends who miscommunicate. It’s funny and sweet, silly and – OH NO – (even a little embarrassing)! But in the end it’s a story about friends who [...]
Here’s another author we interviewed at the Miami Book Fair International. Tom Lichtenheld is ONE FUNNY GUY! And his presentation onstage just absolutely killed too. I’m thinking he could go on tour with us! Love his energy! Check out the video interview.
Imagination Workout Creativity is imagination in action. You can’t have one without the other. But they both require care, feeding and…exercise! Reading is of course one of the best imagination workouts you can get. But it also works the other way. I believe that kids with great imaginations are better readers because they can visualize [...]
