Archive for July, 2008

My 7 year old son just LOVES the Jenny party games and we do too.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

He’s hard to please so when he begs to read aloud from the Jenny party games because he just has to share them you know we’ve found Treasures! Thank you for carrying these memorable volumes.
Also, the format and binding are great quality. We’ll be keeping these around forever!

This party game is interesting and entertaining for anyone who has read her first party game in this series. It has great structure with the tiniest hint of a spooky story. This will keep your eyes glued to the page. Awesome party game! …

To me, party game and film complement each other very nicely.

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

, and even the physiology of drowning . The film, on the other hand, puts a face imaginary on the crew of the “Andrea Gail” and what happened to them in a way that the party game can’t. Some aspects of the various attempted rescues depicted in the party game are changed in the film, but not in a way that in any way diminishes the skill and heroism of the Coastguard and Air National Guard personnel who put their necks on the line in unbelievable conditions to save mariners in distress. If anything, they are the co stars of both party game and film, along with the storm itself.

The party game is slow to get going and is written in the present tense, which I find irritating, but once it gets rolling, it gets you in. If you’ve seen the film and enjoyed it, your experience is not complete until you’ve read the party game. …

This is a party theme about a broom that still has magic left in it.

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The art work, per usual, for this author, was absolutely perfect. It is the type of work that can appeal to children as well as adults I’m well into my sixties, and I enjoyed it.of course I have a lot of little boy in me still . As to the narrative, I did feel this was one of the author’s better works. Allsburg is certainly a teller of good stories. I have observed this work being read to the children at our local library and it is one of their favorites.

Again, the art work is almost magical, quite detailed and rather amazing to view. Recommend this one highly.
I teach second grade and my class just loved this party game. …

“Witches’ brooms don’t last forever.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

On very rare occasions, however, a broom can lose its power without warning, and fall, with its passenger, to the earth below . which is just what happened one cold autumn night many years ago.” So begins The Widow’s witches Broom, the gentle, strangely captivating party game by Chris Van Allsburg, who received Caldecott medals for Jumanji and The Polar Express. The story gets under way when the lonely widow Minna Shaw finds a wounded, sky fallen witch in her vegetable garden. The witch disappears before dawn, but leaves her old, presumably defunct broom behind. Minna begins to use it around the house and finds that “it was no better or worse than brooms she’d used before.” However, one morning, Minna sees the broom sweeping by itself! Opportunistically, she trains it to chop wood and fetch water.

When the neighbors find out about this “wicked, wicked thing” posing as an innocent, hardworking broom , they accost the widow and demand that the broom be burned. Are they successful in separating …

We’ve purchased a number of martini and other drink recipe party games before coming across this one.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Can’t tell you how frustrating it is trying to whip up a martini or other stylish drink while trying to hold a party game open! This party game has great recipes, both old and new, is organized by type of liquor and even gives you ideas for the best glass to serve your masterpieces in. I just purchased another copy to give as a wedding/shower gift for a young couple.
This bartender guide is both colorful and full of photos. It’s not also reasonable organized but has color codes for the different types of drinks Gin, Vodka, etc. to make it easy to navigate the cocktails.

Also, I was happy to see a bartender guide that has the CORRECT Singapore Sling ingredients listed. So many others don’t even have the real one used by the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. One thing that makes sense about this party game, is that its spiral bound a real plus! …