Millennial Notes Arnold Lobel’s Classic & Robert Reale’s Music Unite to Delight by Nicholas Leither My kids noticed it before I did. All along the edge of the stage, in front of the front row, a row of small lily pad pillows. “Dad, can we sit on the lily pads?” I looked around and shrugged. …
Millennial Notes Mo Willems’ Classic Stars Dynamic Duo Bri Reads & Iyana Colby by Nicholas Leither Vaccination cards in hand, negative symptom check complete, and a temperature gun to the head at the door, my two kids and I entered the dark theater with big smiles under Kn95s. That atmosphere at Bay Area Children’s…
Hannah Dworkin Tours U.S. with Famous Feline by Nicholas Leither It isn’t until I sit down in my seat and strike up a conversation with a six-year-old named Maddy that I learn that “Peg + Cat” in Castro Valley, California is actually a PBS television series. “Watch the ‘Tree Problem’ episode,” Maddy tells my…
Khalia Davis Delights with Pirates, Treasure, Adventure Galore by Nicholas Leither Judy Moody had a dull summer. Maybe it was because her parents couldn’t afford to send her to fantasy-everything camp or take her to Disneyland. Maybe her parents worked too much. Maybe she and her brother squandered it playing video games, watching Sponge…