King Burue Changes the Rules

“King Burue Changes the Rules is a children’s story with an adult dilemma told through the keen interpretation of an 8-year-old child. Author Natalija Bajlo (who is actually age 8) conveys the message about how we should treat others and how everyone is entitled to like — or love — anyone we choose, regardless of whatever societal “rules” are perceived to exist. In a charming and beautifully-illustrated story about an animal kingdom led by a goose named King Burue, Natalija challenges rules that are not fair and should not exist and leads the King to his conclusion that those rules should be changed. It is an important lesson for children told in a most entertaining way.”

How to Make Your Baby an Internet Celebrity

In the twenty-first-century economy, there’s only one way to guarantee your child a bright and happy future: make that baby an Internet celebrity. But how? In How to Make Your Baby an Internet Celebrity, you’ll learn to assess your baby’s best attributes (is she smarter than a chimp?), assign a compelling screen persona (clumsiness = on-screen gold), and plan the ultimate viral Internet video. Make your baby an Internet celebrity…because the world needs cuteness now more than ever!

Heads Up Psychology

Making a difficult topic easier to comprehend, Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained, for teen readers.

Psychology is all around us — in the advertising we see, the politics we debate, and in the development of products we use every day. Using engaging graphics, Heads Up Psychology explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders.

With easy-to-understand coverage of all the approaches to psychology, and the ideas of more than 60 psychologists, from Asch to Milgram and Ramachandran to Zimbardo, this introduction to an often complicated subject is written with young-adult readers in mind, and is structured around the questions they often ask, like “How do I fit in?”, “Who needs parents, anyway?”, and “Why do I feel so angry all the time?”

In Heads Up Psychology, psychological theories are explained with the help of cleverly conceived graphic illustrations and diagrams to show how they relate to everyday life. Biography spreads give interesting insights into the lives and work of Freud, Pavlov, and more, while other psychologists and their big ideas are profiled in a comprehensive directory, and case study panels describe groundbreaking experiments in the field.

Danny Dog

Based on a true story, Danny Dog – A rescue dog finds his forever home is the heartwarming story of an adorable little dog’s inspiring journey to find his forever home. The little dog endures disappointment and heartache before experiencing the joy of finding his forever home.

A Valentine from Curious George

708A_147+15[1]Curious George has a new Valentine’s Day Episode on PBS Kids. It’s filled with songs and a lot of love.
When George decides to make Valentine’s cards for all his friends, he realizes he needs to make them in a hurry. But how can he make cards for everyone? He has a lot of friends.

 

Figuring out how to create all the cards shows just how clever this little guy is. First he decides to make a heart stamp because stamping is faster than drawing. Isn’t it?

 

After figuring out how to create a heart from all his different shapes, he then has to figure out how to stamp them on all the cards. Of course he doesn’t do it the usual way – by hand. This little guy wants to mass-produce his cards. And figuring out how to do this requires ingenuity, which, of course, George has.

 

708A_913+12This is a fun episode that shows how much love George and the Man share, and how much love George has for his friends.

 

Curious George continues to focus on teaching preschoolers about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts, as well as use of the five senses (smell, taste, hearing, touch, and sight). Curious George airs weekdays on PBS KIDS.
Happy Valentine’s Day George premiers Monday, February 9, 2015. Happy Valentine’s Day from Curious George!

 

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Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment business for 20 years. She also writes about technology and has been a travel writer for the past 12 years. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, from Sourced Media Books.

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