It is that time of the year when school is out and children are overly excited about being out of school for the summer. The kids are excited but most parents start scrambling after the first one or two weeks to find activities to keep them busy. Most parents realize that if the kids are […]
Kids’ App Review – Roxie’s A-maze-ing Va
It is that time of year when children are getting excited about school being out for the summer and parents are planning their vacations. I remember as a child riding in the car for long periods of time and being very bored. When I viewed Roxie’s A-maze-ing Vacation Adventure app , it brought back memories […]
Author Interview With Roxie Munro
Recently I did a review on this blog for Roxie Munro’s interactive children’s activity app, Roxie’ Doors and more recently, Roxie’s Amazing Adventure. I am pleased to also have interviewed Roxie and thought everyone would enjoy getting to know a little bit more about this fascinating, talented and award winning, author and illustrator. Questions: […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 5 & 6
I have been working on the illustrations for my new picture book, Lucy And Pablo’s Garden. Lucy is a very girly ladybug and Pablo is a curious boot-wearing preying mantis. This is one of the opening illustrations for the book.
Roland’s Stupendous Imagination And The
Since I was a child, I have always been interested in Native American cultures and traditions. My interest has grown over the years and the desire to know more about the culture and the legends. Roland is a young boy with a stupendous imagination that often gets him in trouble when he daydreams at school. […]
Children’s Books – Ashley Howland – Auth
Recently I have had the pleasure of getting to know Ashley Howland from Adelaide, Australia. Our virtual friendship has unfolded in a natural series of steps. We both have two children’s books that have been published recently. In an effort to get to know her better and learn more about her books, I asked her […]
Children’s Books -Drabsville Book Traile
When trying to decide how I would make my first video about my children’s picture book, Drabsville, I decided to focus on the spider which is the pet of the main character, Matt, in the book. The spider was added to the cast of characters late in the development of the book, actually after […]
The Artist Mortimer, Interactive Childre...
Simple, uncluttered and amusing are the three words that come to mind in review of Bo Zaunder’s Interactive storybook app, The Artist, Mortimer. It is a story of an artist and how he loves to paint more than anything else in the world and a problem that he has to overcome to be able to […]
Children’s Book Review- Reaching For Rai
Children’s book author, Nessa Morris has written her book, Reaching For Rainbows and shares with us her experience as a librarian for the visually impaired. The book is a story about a little blind girl named Angela and how she teaches her friend Betsy to see by using color. Using a color concept, Ms. Morris […]
Roxie’s Doors – Kids’ Interactive Activi
Anyone that has been around children know how they get bored very easily. Roxie’s Doors is a kids’ interactive activity IPad App and offers an immediate remedy for bored children. The app reminds me of children’s books that are written with the idea of search and find. The ones I have seen are usually large […]