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Author: Sarah Pinault

Getting Ready for Read Across America Day – March 3

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021Sarah Pinault0

Because we all need a little more holiday time, let’s make Read Across America day a proper holiday this year. Drop everything and read with us, here are some ideas on how to make it a read-y good day!

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‘Groundhog Day The Game’: Because We All Need a Perfect Day

February 1, 2021January 31, 2021Sarah Pinault0

In Groundhog Day The Game your team plays as Bill Murray’s Phil, laying down cards and trying to achieve the perfect day, and hopefully not make the next day suck more than the last before you do.

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Memories of a McDonalds Happy Meal

January 30, 2021January 29, 2021Sarah Pinault0

This month’s Happy Meal toy is a winner. Do you have a childhood favorite?

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‘Sleep Squad’ From the Story Pirates: A Parental Dream

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021Sarah Pinault0

The Story Pirates have teamed up with Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price to release an on-demand immersive bedtime theater experience. ‘Sleep Squad’ combines storytelling, original songs, and guided bedtime routines.

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On the Third Day of Christmas We Played Three New Games

December 20, 2020December 19, 2020Sarah Pinault1

Kids got the holiday jitters? We’ve got three games for you that are quick to learn, quick to play, and great to diffuse a wound-up kid.

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No (Coding) Worries With the Matatalab Coding Set Home Edition

December 1, 2020November 30, 2020Sarah Pinault2

In our house the only way you can improve upon a toy is by making it remote control. If you can stick a motor in it and make it move, then it’s an instant winner.

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Having a Blue Christmas With Blue’s Clues

November 23, 2020November 22, 2020Sarah Pinault1

The new series from loveable Blue, Blues Clues & You! brings with it a whole new range of toys. The crowning piece in this new range is of course the ever amazing Thinking Chair. Are we all going to play Blue’s Clues?

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Delve Greedily and Deep With the Big Dig

November 22, 2020November 21, 2020Sarah Pinault0

If you lean more to Moria than Rivendell, then it might be time to dig a little deeper in your own backyard. The Big Dig from Reeves Toys can help with that, and help you get ready for spring planting.

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Snow Pets: Not Your Childhood Stocking Stuffer

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020Sarah Pinault0

Good things come in small packages, especially when they explode into a winter wonderland. Snow Pets are just the amount of sparkle you need to add to 2020.

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There’s Always Time for a Sticker with the Pipsticks Subscription Service

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020Sarah Pinault0

GeekMom Sarah has been dreaming of stickers — collecting stickers, using stickers, losing stickers — since the 80s. This new subscription service – Pipsticks – is about to take her obsession to a whole new level!

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Llama Llama Takes on the Tooth Fairy

October 31, 2020October 30, 2020Sarah Pinault1

Anna Dewdney mollifies GeekMom Sarah’s Tooth Fairy skepticism with the newest tale of Llama Llama.

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Magna Tiles: A Very Magnetic Caterpillar

October 19, 2020October 18, 2020Sarah Pinault1

The timeless magic of Eric Carle attracts a new generation through Structures Interactive Storytime Magnatiles. Your kids will be drawn to this attractive way of viewing these classic stories.

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You Won’t be ‘Horrified’ by This New Game From Ravensburger

October 15, 2020October 14, 2020Sarah Pinault1

If you are in need of some scary treats this Halloween but want to stay home, Ravensburger has got you covered with these classic monsters and their new board game.

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Making Some Ghostly Friends With ‘Haunted Mansion: Call Of The Spirits’

October 12, 2020October 11, 2020Sarah Pinault0

Meet some friendly ghosts but avoid getting haunted. Stock up on your favorite Halloween candy and add this game to an evening of family ghostly fun.

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Come Little Children, and Play ‘Hocus Pocus’

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020Sarah Pinault0

Come little children and play a game with the Sanderson sisters, just don’t get eaten before the sun rises.

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‘The Monster in the Hollows’: Finding Your True Self in ‘The Wingfeather Saga’

September 20, 2020September 19, 2020Sarah Pinault0

The third installment of Andrew Peterson’s ‘The Wingfeather Saga’ is re-released this October, in hardcover for the first time. With the same stunning illustrations as the first two re-releases, it is a delightful world to discover.

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Further Adventures in Bookwandering

September 8, 2020September 7, 2020Sarah Pinault0

With the third installment of Pages & Co. coming out this month, you can pick up all three copies. You will not be disappointed. These stories are a love song to the world of imagination, and an utterly transporting read.

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‘Being Lolita’ and the Lies We Tell Our Teenage Selves

September 6, 2020September 5, 2020Sarah Pinault0

‘Being Lolita: A Memoir’ is a haunting look back through adult eyes on a relationship the author had with her high school teacher. We’ve all had that adolescent crush, but fortunately, most of us had responsible teachers where Allison Wood had a predator.

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Searching for the Jewels of Anniera in The Wingfeather Saga

August 19, 2020August 18, 2020Sarah Pinault1

Ready for a new adventure? Join Geekmom Sarah in discovering the land of Skree and the Igiby family in the re-issued Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson. Here there be dragons, something wicked, and far, far away lands.

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Soldiers in Petticoats: 100 Years of Voting Rights

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020Sarah Pinault0

My earliest encounter with the Suffragettes was probably the same as everyone else my age, Winifred Banks singing “Sister Suffragette” in Mary Poppins. Winifred was singing about voting rights in Great Britain in 1910; women there would get partial access to a vote in 1918, and equal access with men in 1928. On this side […]

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