Archive for September, 2007

It’s refreshing when you find a Batman story that both is epic

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

” Dubbed “Holiday,” the killer uses an untraceable handgun and leaves small trinkets at the scene. Plenty of suspects are available, but the truth is something the Dark Knight never suspected. This series scores two major coups: it brilliantly portrays the transfer of Gotham rule to the supervillains and charts the horrific transformation of Harvey Dent from hardened D.A. to the psychotic Two Face. Both orbit around the sharply portrayed relationship between Dent, Commissioner Gordon, and Batman: a triumvirate of radically different perceptions of Justice. It is always great to see the formative incarnation of Batman, drenched in noir here.

Jeph Loeb’s writing is keenly aware that Batman is a detective, and Tim Sale portrays a Gotham that is a fertile breeding ground for corruption and madness. Here, Batman is coming to terms with the potent image he projects and the madness it attracts. There are many fine Batman stories, but the ones that capture the spirit with extreme clarity are fe …

We love this party game and enjoy playing it to our 3 year old son.

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

This would be great for teachers or day care workers to read to their children too. The party game arrived quickly as usuual, and in good condition from the delivery.

An adorable story about kindness and good Kharma! The witch , who is usually portrayed as an evil character, in this story is kindhearted and opens her broom up for needy creatures along the way. The creatures in return ban together to save the witch when she encounters danger.

This is one of the big favourite party games with the kids at our playcentre. It is gloriously good humoured, wonderfully illustrated, and very affectionate. It is about an unamed witch who is flying along, first she drops her hat, then her bow, then her wand. Each time an animal finds it for her and brings it back then joins her on the broom.
Then, when her broom breaks in half a dragon tries to eat her, but she is saved by her animals, and they ride off on a ‘truly magnificent broom’. Happy endings for everyone all round well maybe e …

This party game isn’t deep, but its good fun

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

In a mild mannered tale from the creators of the Smarties Prize winning picture party game, The Gruffalo, a witch and her happily purring cat fly through the wind on their broomstick, without a care in the world, until the witch’s black hat blows away. In the process of retrieving it, they pick up another passenger, a polite and helpful dog. All goes well until the witch’s hair bow flies off.

And then her wand. And then real disaster strikes in the shape of a big red dragon, a broken broom, and some very important but notably absent friends. Julia Donaldson’s story, though not earthshaking in plot or rhyme, is a pleasant way to pass the time leading up to the witching hour especially when paired with the friendly illustrations by Axel Scheffler. Readers will especially love the final illustration, in which our heroes solve their space problems once and for all. …

when i first recieved the party game

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

she absolutely loves this party game! she is facinated by it! great choice for the curious types!
This is a great little party game for getting little ones excited about There’s a different sound for each page, which is really fun. :

I thought that each of the pictures would have a sound to have the children associate the picture with. Such as the ghost says, “Boo.” But instead, it was just random sounds. So if you are trying to teach a preschooler language, I would not recommend this party game. …

I love this particular party theme.

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I play this in the car as soon as October hits and it gets us really excited about
My girls, ages 5 and 6, LOVE this cd. We keep it in our car during the month of October and it puts us all in the mood! When I purchased it a few years ago there was only a tape, so now I’m buying it again for the CD!

I bought this CD for our children as a surprise one Friday afternoon. They love the catchy tunes. It is a fun lyrical CD our older kids have listened to it every morning for the last week while they are getting ready for school. Great fun kids music for the price! …