My daughter and I both loved the spunky heroines of this book. The books (there are three in the series, and a fourth in the works) are laugh-out-loud funny, but not crude. The vocabulary can be ...
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Book: Ivy and Bean
I rate this titleonand give itTerrific Series
TV: Little People, Big World
I rate this titleonand give itI love the Roloff family! Amy and Matt are terrific, thoughtful, tolerant and loving parents, and their kids are full of energy and spunk. My daughter has seen this show with me a few times, and ...
TV: Fetch!
I rate this titleonand give itA big thumbs up!
My daughter says this show is "cool and fun because kids get to go on adventures and try new things." I agree strongly. The kids participating in the show engage in a friendly competition and learn a ...
Web site: Webkinz
I rate this titleonand give itDestination: FUN!
This web site has been THE destination for elementary school kids for a little over a year. It offers a tremendous range of activities, and new features are being added all the time. Kids can invite ...
DVD: The Parent Trap
I rate this titleonand give itA family favorite
My 7 year old and I absolutely love this movie, and watch it a few times a year for our family movie nights. It is a great remake of the Disney classic from the 1960s, with a very appealing young ...
TV: My Gym Partner's a Monkey
I rate this titleoffand give itThird Rate
I can see why some kids get a kick out of this show, with its incessant focus on potty humor. But it's tiresome. I think there are better, smarter cartoons on TV, and have asked my child not to waste ...
TV: Hannah Montana
I rate this titleiffyand give itHannah Rocks!
No wonder kids love this show -- Hannah is a wholesome, cute, upbeat kid with a wardrobe to die for and the world's coolest after-school job. She is a decent singer, and the songs, mostly written by ...
TV: The Emperor's New School
I rate this titleoffand give itNo, No, No
The lead character is bored, unpleasant, manipulative, rude, self-centered. The attitude of the show is dismissive and lazy. Do yourself and your child a favor and just turn it off.
TV: Dancing with the Stars
I rate this titleonand give itThe dance moves and outfits are sexy, and there is some language you might prefer your child not hear ("I worked my a*s off," for instance.) But as competition shows of this ilk go, I like this one ...
Web site: GoGirlsOnly.org
I rate this titleonand give itGood site for Girl Scouts
This is a nice little site, but there's not much to it. Girl Scouts can write to an advice columnist, participate in polls, and submit their original writings. My daughter likes it, but runs out of ...
TV: Avatar: The Last Airbender
I rate this titleonand give itMy 7 year old loves this show, and I am very impressed by it. It is a smartly written, complex narrative with lots of interesting characters, both people and creatures. I like the epic quality of the ...
DVD: The Game Plan
I rate this titleonand give itThought it would be worse
I really dreaded seeing this movie, but my child enjoyed it tremendously and I didn't find it that hard to sit through. Very contrived plot. Disturbing revelation that child's mother had died had my ...
