Cooking From Kids’ Books
Food in children’s books is just as evocative as in adult books.
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Author: Derrick Schneider
How To Memorize Maps
How I memorized the world’s map after Globle and Worldle showed me how awful my geography was.
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Review: ‘GeoLogic’ From Thinkfun
GeoLogic is an engaging, attractive assembly puzzle from Thinkfun.
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Kickstarter Alert: “Carmen, the Graphic Novel”
‘Carmen: The Graphic Novel’ is a beautiful adaption of Bizet’s famous opera.
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Review: GoCube’s 2×2 Smart Cube Puzzle
I liked GoCube’s 3x3x3 cube puzzle and was curious to try out the smaller version. It’s so wee!
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Review: HEYKUBE Is the Smartest Smart Cube
HEYKUBE offers a programmable computer inside a Rubik’s Cube type of puzzle that lets eager coders do new projects.
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Kickstarter Alert: ‘Seek OUT!’ Sets Up Nature Scavenger Hunts for All
‘Seek OUT!’ is a game on Kickstarter that gets kids exploring nature in a fun way.
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Kickstarter Alert: Mountain Chamomile Tea Dragon Plushie
Oni Press has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their newest plushie from the ‘Tea Dragon Society’ graphic novels.
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Review: ‘Wells and Wong Mysteries’ Series
The ‘Wells and Wong’ books are complex mysteries for the middle-grade reader.
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Review: ‘How to Remember Everything’
‘How to Remember Everything’ gives kids (and adults) a great intro to memorization techniques used by mnemonists around the world.
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‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Games Give More Life to Your Child’s Favorite Series
Two new kid-focused games bring ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ characters to your gaming nights.
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Review: ‘Amari and the Night Brothers’
‘Amari and the Night Brothers’ offers a magical world alongside our own, fast-paced adventure, and a strong, inspiring girl protagonist.
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Review: ‘The Room VR: A Dark Matter’
‘The Room VR: A Dark Matter’ is a beautifully immersive puzzle game that takes the series to new heights.
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Review: ‘Three Keys’ by Kelly Yang
‘Three Keys’ by Kelly Yang continues the story of Mia Tang as she strives to right the wrongs that affect her life.
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Review: ‘A Pinch of Magic’ Delivers Sisters, Sorcery, and Suspense
‘A Pinch of Magic’ tells a fast-paced, tense story with a bit of magic and a lot of sister bonding.
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Review: ‘Mazes for Programmers’
‘Mazes for Programmers’ is an older book but will still get you all fired up about exploring maze algorithms.
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Review ‘Casey Grimes 1: The Mostly Invisible Boy’
Book one of the new ‘Casey Grimes’ series features a nearby magical world just waiting to be found by those who seek solitude in Nature.
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Geek Links: ‘The Nation’s Cryptic Editors Go Indie
Two of the U.S.’s top cryptic crossword editors have gone independent. Courtesy: Patreon.com
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Review: ‘Caley Cross and the Hadeon Drop’
GeekDad Derrick reviews ‘Caley Cross and the Hadeon Drop,’ a new fantasy middle-grade book by Jeff Rosen.
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Review: ‘The Unicorn Quest’ by Kamilla Benko
‘The Unicorn Quest’ is a smart, well-written fantasy trilogy that deserves to be on your shelves.
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Review: GoCube
The GoCube is a wired Rubik’s-cube puzzle that will teach you how to solve it and master it.
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Review: ‘House of Da Vinci 2’
‘House of Da Vinci 2’ is an enjoyable point-and-click adventure where you solve puzzles to move Renaissance machines and help Leonardo da Vinci.
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Train Cab View Videos Are My New Favorite Thing
Train cab view videos are a relaxing, enjoyable experience that will let you see the world in some form, even if you can’t leave the house.
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Teach Your Kids to (Secret) Code
A quick overview of some resources for getting your kids writing and breaking secret codes.
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Joyous Books from Jim Benton
Two new Jim Benton books will have your young readers laughing up a storm.
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The Quantified Shelf
When my daughter decided to keep track of books she finished this year, I decided to make it into a visualization.
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Geek Links: Ezra Klein Interviews xkcd’s Randall Munroe
Popular geek Randall Munroe exposes a bit about how his mind works Courtesy: The Ezra Klein Show podcast
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Harry Potter and the Inevitable Question
Why is ‘Harry Potter’ the book that’s brought up when people learn my daughter is an advanced reader?
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Geek Links: CATS Teaser Trailer (OMG!!)
There is a CATS movie being made and oh my goodness I can’t wait. Courtesy: youtube.com
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‘Upside-Down Magic’ and Neurodiversity
The ‘Upside-Down Magic’ series offers an allegory for neurodiversity in a fun fantasy series.
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