"Sometimes the world can be a scary place," writes Jonathan H. Liu on GeekDad, "And it’s important for our kids to learn how to manage their fears." "One way to do that is through experiences that are just a little bit scary, but not too much. Laughter and curiosity can both make a scary situation a little … Continue reading This Guy Jonathan Sounds Like the Brother I Didn’t Know I Had…
Chinese School occupies Saturday mornings during this school year for the Quinns; Mom bakes treats for our breakfast club fundraiser, Dad volunteers as Co-Chair and Ke Ting (Olivia) works her eighth and final year of Mandarin language and cultural studies, including Art, Calligraphy, Dance and Kung Fu. When we adopted our daughter in China in … Continue reading Northern Westchester Chinese School Welcomes #gotosleeplittlecreep
We love Red Tricycle! A great resource for families that promises, "We believe the best memories are created when families do fun things together and we believe every day is an opportunity to create new stories." "We know you’re busy (we’ve got kids too), so we wade through the multitude of ideas to present a small, well-edited list of … Continue reading Thanks for the Honor, Red Tricycle!
In this bedtime tour of a spooky alternate universe, Quinn (the Not for Children Children's Books series) and Spires (the Binky the Space Cat series) show that monster and fiend parents face the same challenges getting their offspring to sleep as their human counterparts. As dawn threatens to break across the sky, a tired-eyed ghost … Continue reading Reviews: Buzz about the Toddlers of Terror
Lil G (Illustration: Ashley Spires) Sunday morning Diane, Olivia and I drove to Brooklyn to Powerhouseon8th, a gem of a bookstore, community hang, makers' gallery and book club. It's the creative spawn of DUMBO's famed Powerhouse Arena. Think of it this way: if Powerhouse Arena is Godzilla, Powerhouseon8th is Baby Godzilla. It's small but mighty. … Continue reading #brooklyntakeover with the Creeps!
Briarcliff Manor's A Maze in Pottery studio artists have rendered the creepy cute illustrations of Ashley Spires as a dinner plate fit to haunt your Halloween Feast Kids, do you enjoy Crazy Stories? Want to try your hand making your own spooky, fun art? Do you sometimes howl at the moon when it just needs howling? Well, my … Continue reading Halloween Art and Book Parties for Kids!
A quick one. Our Toddlers of Terror got the nod in Amazon Book Review’s blog OMNIVORACIOUS, where Seira Wilson wrote: "Monster parents and children, including mummys, ghosts, and the Frankensteins—all pictured with smiling or sleepy faces—go through the rituals of bedtime in a sweet, rhyming story that’s a delight all year round, and perfect for Halloween." It's … Continue reading Creeps Make Amazon Kid List
What are you doing for Halloween ComicFest? Here's where I'll be... come say hello and bring the little monsters for tricks and treats and story time! (And as always, unlimited signatures on any of my stuff, whether its for the kids or not.)
Where and when can you meet the Little Creeps in person? Here's a work in process list of upcoming author events. Most of them are free, though some are ticketed. Leave me a comment below if you'd like me to save time for an event at your store, school, library, coffee shop or graveyard. September … Continue reading Live Events: Go To Sleep, Little Creep (Updated 10/3)
Just a quick one... to let you know that I've donated copies of my new children's book ... to the excellent children's book collections of two local libraries... Ossining and Briarcliff Manor. (Sometimes you have to think locally.)
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