We received a copy of 
Baby Barbells, a new book by Joshua Levitt, with illustrations by Matt Stevens. This is an over-sized board book, that explains how dad will be using old muscles in new ways with the arrival of the new baby. Along with the illustrations are some tidbits of wisdom on dads and kids.
This is a fun gift for the new dad as a shower gift, and expect him to get a chuckle along with knowing friends as he pages through it. The book does a good job at reinforcing all the new skills and changed habits required to be a good father. On the other hand, don’t go looking for real fitness advice or an excuse to lay off the gym because you’re hefting car seats and strollers all weekend.
March 16, 2011 – 10:12 AM
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years, since they only creeped into my consciousness about six or seven years ago when my youngest received a book as a present. Since then, we’ve played at least three of the Mac versions and tried the iPhone version. This is a series that kids and dads love. It’s an area that dads can excel in for many years to the delight of our kids who just can’t find the gold locket or the plastic heart in the jumble of colors and shapes. My son will often plaintively scream, “Daddy! I need your help! I can’t find the swordfish!” I regret not always going to his aid. As he gets older, his problems and obstacles become more complex and not as easily fixed by just focusing on a page of a book for five minutes.
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February 10, 2011 – 3:05 PM
Ook and Gluk is a new kids book out for the new readers set from Scholastic Books. Ook and Gluk follows an unfortunate trend at Scholastic to create more products that might be good sellers to kids, but betray the Scholastic company name. 
Ook and Gluk is a glorified comic book filled with bad English and kid-like misspellings. While my seven year-old son thinks much of it is hilarious (and I admit to being amused as well), as a parent I can’t help wincing with every sentence I read with him. While working so hard with him on spelling and new reading skills for school, do I really want to be undoing a lot of that work by showing something written without any grammar or spelling rules at all.
December 9, 2010 – 7:41 AM
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