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Casey Berna and her crew at KidsLikeIke.com are committed to providing thoughtful, fun, meaningful books and videos for preschool age children. Their site navigations include subjects like, “The Earth”, “Peace and Helping Others”, and “Fun” just to name a few. They wish to inspire the best in children by introducing them to thoughts about taking care of the earth and being of service to others. They hope to reach out to preschoolers with fun, positive, thoughtful content which will inspire them to be future compassionate citizens.
About the book:
Different Families Make the Universe Go Round is the latest release from KidsLikeIke.com. A wonderful book for exposing preschoolers to different types of families in a fun and educational way to foster love and acceptance for all different types of families. This book also teaches counting, colors and opposites.
My take on the book:
I’ve been meaning to feature Casey and the KidsLikeIke.com crew on Book Dads for some time now, and the announcement of their latest e-book sparked me to finally take action.
First off, I love the Ike crew’s mission of developing content for preschool-aged children and younger with the purpose of introducing them to ideas which can help teach them to be compassionate and empathetic towards others. The latest e-book takes a look at families and is a fun, colorful introduction to the idea that families come in all sorts of different sizes, numbers and colors.
I read this book on my Nook COLOR and it looked terrific! My daughter loved the cartoonish illustrations, which are very bright and colorful. Right now my daughter is really into trying to count so this was also a great e-book for that as well. We counted the number of family members in each of the illus
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Gerald “Storm” Talifero is the award-winning illustrator of “The Bridge Dancers,” a new abridged version of “My Bondage and my Freedom,” by Frederick Douglas, edited by Elizabeth Anderson, and “How the Rattlesnake Got His Rattles.” Talifero was the recipient of The Gale Research Emerging Illustrator of the Year award in 1993.
Talifero lives with his family in the high mountain desert of Southern California where he works on his art, film, and music.
About the book:
The Problem with Unicorns is the newest book by award-winning illustrator Gerald (Storm) Talifero. With over 40 fine art hand-drawn illustrations accompanied by a lilting, poetic verse, The Problem With Unicorns inspires fantasy play and creative right-brain thinking. Children can listen to the audio book again and again, watch the flash version like a movie, and enjoy turning the pages of the eBook on their iPads, Nooks and computers. They can also listen to the song version on their mp3 players or burn it to a CD!
Watch the trailer:
My take on the book:
Here is my review of the Problem with Unicorns – I wrote it in verse.
It is a story that has been told before
But this book offers something more.
A King dislikes his daughter’s muse
But cannot outright refuse.
Instead, he sends the suitor on a wild quest
Ultimately, gone forever taking an impossible test.
Find the elusive Unicorn and bring back truth
The epic journey will take much couth.
The story is showcased with ethereal drawing of graphite
More than 40 in total – each an absolute delight.
They may be a tad bit lost in the iPad screen
But makes you yearn for the hardcopy to be seen.
The adventure unfurls with encounters of many creatures
Lions and Dragons are among the features.
To the King’s surprise, the Daughter’s love does meet the request
He found the Unicorn, no problem with the quest.
A great story for a Dad to give a child
Grey swirls of pencil and poetic verse…go wild.
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One thing I was looking forward to seeing at the Bologna Book Fair is whether or not there would be a focus on electronic books (otherwise known as e-books or digital books) for children. With all the hype about Amazon’s Kindle and Apple, Inc.’s recent announcement that they had agreements with five of the six largest publishers that would allow them to distribute e-books on i-Pads, I wondered if this technology would be highlighted at Bologna. Well….after spending four days at the Fair I didn’t come across anything to do with e-books. However, I did come across the books What Lola Wants, Lola Gets! and Tyrone the Clean ‘o’ Saurus (written by David Salariya, illustrated by Carolyn Scrace, published by Scribblers) which were receiving a lot of attention! These two books are reported to be the first books to use augmented reality technology for young children. Simply put, when you hold certain pages of the book up to a web-cam you see the characters burst vibrantly to life in full 3D animation, accompanied by music! Check out this video to see it in action.
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Different Families Make the Universe Go Round by Casey Berna, Matt McNamara, Billy McNamara & Mike McNamara
I’ve been meaning to feature Casey and the KidsLikeIke.com crew on Book Dads for some time now, and the announcement of their latest e-book sparked me to finally take action.
