Archive for January, 2008

This is my all time favorite childhood party game.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I now purchased the hardcover and look forward to reading this party game to my daughter who, by the way, was almost named Hannah .

Forty years before Harry Potter, there was Hannah.party gamestore displays which feature “if you like Harry Potter you might like these” should place this party game and LeGuin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea” in prominent view. What is most satisfying about this story is that it is simultaneously real and imaginary; the events take place, but are also somewhat directed and controlled by the imaginations of the two human girls at their drawing table in Washington, so that, in a way, they are witches too.

This is the same premise as Pamela Dean’s “Secret Country”, and creates the same complications. But this party game is easier for much younger children to read, making a good introduction to the concepts.This was out of Estes’ usual territory, and she handled it with both silly fun and knowledgeable grace. Ardizzone’s done his homework as well; look at the pos …

This party game is well worth the money.

Monday, January 28th, 2008

I really like the Fall and this party game fit my that season.
The quilts are your typical Thimbleberies style.but so much more fun! Plenty of room for using your own fabric stash and personal style. Probably my favorite Lynette Jensen party game.

The Witch Family is about two girls who while drawing witches pretend to banish the head witch, also known as Old Witch, to a glass hill because she is very wicked. If you multiply the “Old” with one million, you get some idea of how old she was! The girls also let Old Witch do her abracadabra so that she can have a witch girl named Hannah and a witch baby. Old Witch gets to be wicked only on At the end, the two girls take pity on Old Witch and turn the glass hill into a real hill with grass. After that, Old Witch is not wicked anymore …

The Haunted Mask isn’t a “bad” party game,

Friday, January 25th, 2008

we don’t get to know Carly Beth before we see her pranked, teased and scared constantly and the picture the reader gets is that if these are her friends, she sure doesn’t need any enemies.they’re downright mean, the goal seems to be to embarrass her more than anything else. I think young readers would enjoy

The Haunted Mask, as a whole it is one of the scarier premises of the series but for me personally, this was a flop. I didn’t think the interaction between the friends was indicative of “friend” behavior, it felt mean spirited perhaps if the build up to had been longer and we’d gotten to know the four friends just a bit more, this would have been a better read. Overall, I felt a bit let down, I rate this at three stars because the idea behind it is good, but the execution and character development was really lacking. …

This is one of the few Goosebumps party games

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

This The Haunted Mask is the story of Carly Beth just fed up with being wimpy, wimpy, wimpy.tired of constantly being teased, pranked, and scared by her friends Carly Beth is determined to get the scariest mask ever and show her friends that she’s not such a wimp after all. As with all things in the R.L Stine universe, Carly Beth’s quest to teach her tormenters a lesson comes with a hefty price.

On the night of she just can’t bring herself to put on the not so scary costume her mother’s made for her, instead she runs out to a shop and finds “the perfect mask” in the back room of the store, unfortunately the owner is hesitant to part with it.ultimately she gets the mask and embarks on what she thinks will be the best get even scare ever.until she realizes that the mask much more than an ugly face to care her friends with and that she may become trapped inside as it begins to change her personality as well.

Will Carly Beth get the mask off? …

My Daughter in law and kids were delighted to get these party games as a gift.

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

They show Clifford in different costumes and let’s your child interact by asking which would “you” suggest. My 3 years old really enjoys this one.

I thought this party game was so adorable how on every holiday Clifford does something special like for Christmas he dresses like Santa and gives out gifts, on Easter he plays the Easter bunny, and on he always dresses up, in the party game he dressed up as many different things such as the devil, a clown, a witch, and even a ghost! Hes the most adorable dog in the world!!

At Emily’s party he was a ghost and everyone loved him. How can’t you love Clifford? I know I love him! This party game is suitable from the ages 0 6. Everyone will love this party game. This party game teaches people to help other people and still have fun, like most Clifford party games he always shows people how to love, share, and get along. …