Photo: Elizabeth BlackstockI’m at an age where, even though I’m not planning on having children, many people I know are — and I’m always looking for cute race car-themed gifts to celebrate a new addition to a family. Andy Amendola of Red Racer Books has published two new books that are now my go-tos: ABCs of Racing: My First Guide to Formula 1 Racing and All About Race Cars: A Guide to Formula 1 Race Cars, illustrated by Wei Ren.These books have been circling my general social media sphere for a while, so I finally took the plunge and ordered…
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Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, and Brian Pickett are the creators of Voodoo Highway. The influential music house delivered some of the most iconic kids music for the past fifteen years from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood to Paw Patrol. Here, in an interview with Awards Daily, the talented trio talks about what keeps their interest in children’s music, why playing video games you worked on can screw up boss battles, and what they think about a David Lynch children’s show.Awards Daily: What was behind your group’s founding in the 2000s?Brian Pickett: We were working dead end jobs. I was working at a dubbing…
The Rusk Independent School Board heard a report from Tammy Hancock reviewing the 2022 accountability score and the district’s plan to better their score moving forward.Rusk ISD earned a 79 out of 100 for the 2021-2022 assessment period, down six points from the 2018-2019 score. No ratings were given during the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school years.Hancock highlighted the positives from the report, including distinctions earned by three campuses: • Rusk Elementary – Closing the Gaps• Rusk Junior High – Academic Achievement in English/Language Arts/Reading, in Science and in Social Studies as well as Academic Growth• High School – Academic Achievement…
The Anne Arundel County Literacy Council (AACLC) will host a book fair fundraiser on Saturday, September 24, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The book fair will take place outside Discoveries: The Library at the Mall at the Crate & Barrel court. Westfield Annapolis Mall donated space and marketing support for the event. Readers will find a range of gently used books, including children’s books, cookbooks, bestsellers, romance novels, memoirs, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction and more. Books will be priced at $2 for hardbacks and $1 for paperbacks. Shoppers can fill a special edition AACLC tote bag with books for $20. PayPal,…
September 15: Hang Out, a leading name In Children’s Entertainment for over a decade, originally curated by Director Shalini Vij in 2009, unfolds a new evolutionary dimension for the New Generation launched NEON BY HANGOUT It is a unique, promising amusement and entertainment centre. It is amongst India’s pioneer and best Family Entertainment Centre that provides an unbeatable range of exceptional games and rides for every age. It’s a one-stop shop for all things fun, food, and entertainment. Neon By Hang Out, as the name states, is a Neon-themed Family Hang Out. Conceptualised, designed and themed by Directors Shalini & Sahil…
SPRINGDALE — Kevin Flores was named Wednesday as a White House Fellow in the federal Small Business Administration.Flores resigned his seat on the Springdale City Council last month to take the fellowship. He served Ward 2, Position 2, which represents the southeastern part of Springdale.The White House Fellows program gives young leaders firsthand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government, according to the White House website. Fellows spend a year working with senior White House staff, cabinet secretaries and other top-ranking administration officials.The yearlong application process required a record of professional achievement, leadership skills, potential for growth…
Assessing Britain’s monarchy as a brand might, to some, seem superficial — even sacrilegious. But not to the royals, who have seen themselves as a family business ever since George VI nicknamed them “The Firm.”Setting aside the semiotic parallels between flags and logos, anthems and jingles, mottoes and taglines — the British monarchy is a global brand, and the Queen was its brand ambassador.With the possible exception of Jesus Christ, Elizabeth II surely had the most reproduced likeness in human history. There are, for instance, 4.7 billion banknotes and 29 billion coins with the Queen’s profile currently circulating in the United…
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Pediatric experts in Oklahoma say there is a children’s behavioral health crisis right now – and they’re doing all they can to help them in their time of need. At Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, OU Health is providing more calming rooms in their E.R. for these kids in their time of need. “Was it refunded or not?”: Oklahomans following the money after return of rejected COVID medicine “In an emergency department, things are busy, things are loud,” said Erin Walker, Associate Vice President of Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. “There’s not a lot of privacy in a lot of situations…
Tackling everything from musicals to American classics, from contemporary drama to opera to new plays, Deaf West Theatre is a company that, in its illustrious 30-plus year history, refuses to ever be creatively static or subjected to pigeonholing. So of course, the producers of the annual classic at the Getty Villa’s outdoor Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater would approach Deaf West about taking on Sophocles’s OEDIPUS TYRANNUS. With the right creative vision, Deaf West can pretty much take on anything and make us see it through an exciting new prism.I would not, after seeing the misfire that was her production…
Talking to kids about the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. Where do I start? What if I make them worry?Picture books take major events and otherwise scary topics and pack them into 32 pages or so of art, context and connections we share together. Picture books — along with novels and comics — are incredible tools for generating empathy and can help in climate conversations by keeping us focused on facts, empowerment and action.In her essay, “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors,” education professor Rudine Sims Bishop explains: “Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in…