Dad of Divas' Reviews: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Book Review - Oh Brother! A Nico and Tugger Tale

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Oh Brother! A Nico and Tugger Tale

About the Book
Transitions are never easy, and adding a new brother or sister to one’s family can leave children a little confused and a lot rebellious. Author Kimberly Sentek hopes to ease the minds of parents and children alike in her new story told by two characters in Oh Brother!:

A Nico and Tugger Tale (published by Trafford Publishing).

In her book, Sentek tells the tale of Nico and Tugger – two loveable dogs who become brothers and must learn how to sit, stay, and play nice with each other. Her motivation to write the story hit very close to home.

“When I got my second dog and saw how the two interacted together, I thought it paralleled how children act with each other,” Sentek says.

The story unfolds from each dog’s perspective, which will help children understand differing points of view and learn how to adapt to a new sibling.

“It is a gift to have a sibling; I hope the book helps children understand this and shows them that everyone can fit in the family, even if it doesn’t seem like it at times.”

About the Author
Kimberly Sentek lives in New Jersey with her two dogs, Nico and Tugger. They love long walks around the neighborhood, eating popcorn, and having their bellies rubbed. For more information on the author or to download puzzles and coloring pages, please visit www.kimberlysentek.com.

My Take on the Book
This is a great story that deals with the issue of sibling rivalry in a fun way that all readers can enjoy. My eldest daughter has always had an issue with having a younger sister, and this book definitely encompassed the issues that we have been dealing with in our home for the last five years. I read this to both of them and they seemed to like it. After we had a good conversation about what the main characters in this story went through. I know that reading this book only once will not change the way that they feel toward each other, but it is a start and the conversations that it spurs is even better and will definitely help in the long run!


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Friday, June 28, 2013

Book Review - God "Hearts" Me: A Devotional Journal for Girls

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God "Hearts" Me: A Devotional Journal for Girls



About the Book

Introducing God "Hearts" Me: A Devotional Journal for Girls , a brand-new devotional journal for 10- to 14-year-old girls. Each devotional reading touches on relevant life topics such as, Faith, Forgiveness, Friendship, and more. . . Engaging and thought-provoking journaling prompts, plus prayers and easy-to-understand scripture selections will inspire girls to journal their deepest thoughts and feelings.

My Take on the Book
This book takes keeping a journal to the next level! The book is strewn with great questions that will guide the reader on many topics that will help them understand the world around them both physically and spiritually. I loved that each page gives you something to reflect on first before you write yourself about your own thoughts, fears, concerns, and so much more. The book was well written and allows the reader to gain valuable insights for themselves in a time of their life when this is so important! The one other thing that was important to note was that the book is completely relevant to a girl at this age, talking to them about things like possessions, happiness, temptation and so much more.



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Book Review - God "Hearts" Me New Life Bible For Girls

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God "Hearts" Me New Life Bible For Girls

About the Book
Introducing the God "Hearts" Me New Life Bible For Girls in a trendy new format for girls ages 10 and up. This unique scripture version features a limited vocabulary of 850 words to simply and clearly share God’s truth—making it the perfect Bible version for young readers.

My Take on the Book
What was great about this bible was that it was written for a young reader in mind. With a far limited vocabulary I found myself reading passages and saying to myself first, "I wish I had had a Bible like this when I was growing up" and also "Oh, so that's what that passage was saying". The nice thing about this Bible is that is completely breaks down the Bible so that it is easy to understand and is in words that the reader can relate to.  This was a great Bible that I was glad to have had a chance to examine and is definitely one that I plan to share with my own daughter!




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Book Review - God "Hearts" Me: A Bible Promise Book For Girls

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God Loves Me: A Bible Promise Book For Girls


About the Book
Introducing God "Hearts" Me: A Bible Promise Book For Girls , a brand-new Bible promise book for 10- to 14-year-old girls. Dozens of topically arranged categories feature easy-to understand scripture selections that will encourage young hearts with regular reminders of God’s love. Topics include: God Made Me, God Thinks I’m Beautiful, God Keeps His Promises, and more.

My Take on the Book
What was great abut this book was that the book was well broken down into passages that are truly meaningful for a young girl today. On top of the bible passages though there were some very nice meditations/prayers shared throughout the book that were nicely written. I could easily see any young woman taking this with them wherever they go to reconnect with God. The book is also small enough to fit in a purse, so it definitely can go anywhere that the owner goes.

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Book Review - The Best of Amish Friends Cookbook Collection

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The Best of Amish Friends Cookbook Collection


About the Book
FIND DOZENS OF AUTHENTIC HOMESTYLE AMISH RECIPES IN THE BEST OF AMISH FRIENDS COOKBOOK COLLECTION BY BEST SELLING AUTHOR WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER

The Best of Amish Friends Cookbook Collection is a treasure trove of recipes and interesting facts from the heart of Amish country. With recipes divided into sections including breads and rolls, desserts, main dishes, sides, jams and jellies and more!- you’ll find only the best of home cooking between the pages of this delightful book.

My Take on the Book
This book has some amazing recipes within it, and I for one had my mouth watering throughout the entire book. In looking through the recipes what struck me most was how easy many of them were, but also how great they looked. The author has used amazing images to guide you and step-by-step instructions that will make sure that you are not easily lost along the way. On top of this, I loved that the book was spiral bound, as any cook knows this makes your life so much easier while you are cooking! You too will find a plethora of great recipes to choose from and will leave satisfied from all of the great new recipes that you will be making soon in your own home!



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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Disney*Pixar's "Monsters University" comes to Disney's Club Penguin

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Disney*Pixar's "Monsters University" comes to Disney's Club Penguin


Disney’s Club Penguin, the #1 virtual world for kids, is partnering for the first time with Disney•Pixar to throw the Disney•Pixar “Monsters University” Takeover event. Starting today players can enroll in Monsters University on Club Penguin Island and pledge three different rival fraternities and one sorority to compete in the Scare Games.

While competing in the Scare Games by earning scare points for their fraternity or sorority, members will be able to dress up as their favorite characters from the Disney•Pixar film “Monsters University,” like Mike and Sulley. In their monstrous disguises, members can test out their roar and creep around campus to earn their own scare points. On July 6, the winning fraternity or sorority will be announced, and all players can collect the Scare Games Trophy. Additionally, the Monsters University amphitheater will be decorated in the winning team’s colors.


During the Disney•Pixar “Monsters University” Takeover event on Club Penguin Island:


  • Everyone can fill up their scare canister with scare points in an all-new mini-game where players practice their best scare tactics
  • All players can collect fraternity and sorority hats to show their pride when they join a team and can also earn monster accessories for their epic roars. Members will receive the hats and accessories, plus the ability to purchase exclusive “Monsters University” costumes with their virtual coins
  • New igloo items are available for members to buy in the Furniture Catalog. Some featured items include the Scoreboard, Scare Canister, Ping-Pong Table, Lounge Chair, Archway and more


Players can scare now at ClubPenguin.com.


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Book Review - The Old Green Chair

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The Old Green Chair


About the Book
The Old Green Chair tells the story of a decrepit chair, thrown aside after years of use. Faced with the end of the road, it never loses its positive attitude and ultimately ends up in a happier situation.

It is the second in Traudi's House Series of Picture Books for Children, a series of modern fables that communicate key lessons to children. Each of the books tackles important topics, such as conflict resolution and maintaining a positive outlook, in ways that get families talking about valuable social skills.

My Take on the Book
What I love abut this story and the first on the series The Knife And The Fork Go Dancing is that they both are doing so much more than just telling a story, but instead they are sharing a life lesson that as a parent I want my daughters to learn. I loved the story itself, and the author does a great job at drawing you into the story from the beginning and keeping you connected to the very end. The illustrations were fun and engaging and the overall message is strong. The underlying point in this story is that things can always get better even when it does not seem like it can - always an important message for a child to grasp! This was a great story and one that I would encourage all to read!




 
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DVD Review - Extreme Makeover Weightloss Edition: Bootcamp

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About the DVD
Achieve ultimate weight loss at home with Extreme Makeover Weightloss Edition: Bootcamp featuring transformation specialist Chris Powell from ABC’s hit show “Extreme Weight Loss.” Extreme Makeover:

Weight Loss Edition - Bootcamp is available on DVD June 25th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Powell will help get you moving to start losing with a program for every body and fitness level. Featuring inspiring past participants from the popular TV show, the program includes four fat-blasting workouts, each more challenging than the last. Once viewers have mastered the levels individually, they can utilize bootcamp workout plans to really take it up a notch! The Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition - Bootcamp DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98.


  • Warm-Up: Set your body in motion and get your heart pumping with Chris’ signature moves designed to limber up for a fun workout.
  • Level 1: Begin your transformation and jump-start your metabolism with easy-to-follow exercises that get every muscle moving to start burning fat and calories.
  • Level 2: Rev up the calorie burn and melt inches with this low-impact interval workout that challenges the body with five total-body exercises repeated in 45-second bursts.
  • Level 3: Up the ante and the fat burn with a calorie-crushing workout that includes five mega moves that shred, sculpt and slim the body with four 20-second blasts each.
  • Level 4: Get extreme results with four-minute circuits of hard-core exercises like Mountain Climbers and Squat Jacks designed to torch calories, obliterate fat and sculpt muscles.
  • Cool Down: Calm your breathing and soothe challenged muscles with complete-body stretches and movements that protect and invigorate your body from head to toe.


DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
  • Custom Workout Option
  • Music Only Option

My Take on the DVD
This was a workout DVD that really got me sweating! I really liked the differing levels of challenge on this as it allows you - wherever you are starting to be able to either jump in completely or slowly. Realize though that this DVD will challenge you and will make you work for the outcomes that you want, but it is worth it. Also, the exercises were fun and varied which kept my interest as well. 

I thought Chris Powell did a great job and if the results of some of the people using this DVD are any indication, you can definitely slim down by staying with the program and watching what you are eating. 

I truly am enjoying this DVD and the exercises within, and recommend it to others as well as a great addition to your own workout!
 
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Peets Coffee First Social Sampling Experiment asks - Do You Give a Cup? #GiveACup

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Image and value provided by our partner, Peet's

This summer Peet's is hitting the road with our new Single Cups, the same handcrafted Peet's Coffee we're known for, now available for single serve brewers. But it's up to America to decide where they hand them out! They're calling it Give a Cup, the Internet's first social sampling experiment.

Here's how Give a Cup works. Each week Peets will post new and current topics on doyougiveacup.com for America to vote on. The topics are fun and a little quirky, and we want to know - do you give a cup? The voting will determine where they host their sampling events each we ek. they'd like to ask you to share with your friends and readers what you personally 'Give A Cup' about. It could be anything! Your kids, your favorite movie‚ you can even take a stand on one of our weekly topics. (This week? ZOMBIES - do you give a cup?)

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Zaycon Foods is America's Drive Thru Meat Market - Fresher, Faster and Cheaper

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How does Zaycon Foods manage to provide such high quality super fresh meat and produce to its customers at such low prices? The answer is strength in numbers. And not our numbers, yours! Zaycon Foods can sell its products at bulk rate prices to individual consumers and families because our unique sales event business model brings lots of people together, adding all their purchasing power into a combined bulk food purchase. And when you buy as part of a group that’s committing to such a large purchase, the power is in the hands of the purchaser! It’s the ultimate group buy in terms of both price and consumer empowerment.



You can pre-select exactly what you want to order from a given Zaycon sales event – sometimes you may want to stock up on our amazing meaty back ribs and sometimes it might be all about the Zaycon bacon – and then, on the day of the sales event, you and a whole big bunch of your neighbors will find yourselves in a nearby parking lot watching as an entire tractor trailer’s worth of high quality natural food is unloaded into all of your cars! You will be amazed at how quickly one of our refrigerated trucks goes from being filled with natural, fresh chicken or hundreds of gallons of grade A non-homogenized milk to being empty and back on its way to the farm!

A Zaycon Foods truck sales event often lasts less time than you would spend on a trip to the grocery store, yet you will leave with a whole lot more food than you’d get at the market, and for much better prices, too!

When you use the Zaycon Foods sales event as your preferred place to purchase meats, milk, and any of our other fine products, you get advantages even beyond the bulk pricing that comes with our special sales model. You also have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you’re going to get! A trip to the grocery store can involve wasted time wandering around looking for various foods spread out across the store; at a Zaycon Foods parking lot meat truck delivery (or milk or berries or fish delivery, too!) you have pre-ordered your foods, so all you have to do is show up and wait for our friendly staffers and volunteers to load up your car.

Also, unlike in the grocery store, the prices you will pay for a Zaycon Foods product are locked in on our website, so you will know how much you are going to spend before you have committed to a purchase.

At a supermarket, you might pay one price for chicken on one day, and then a higher price on another day. With Zaycon, you decide that you want to order a case of our fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, you check the price and then you commit to it, knowing that from that moment on, we are committed to getting you your fresh, natural food! To Get Started Click on this link: https://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf237445


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Book Review - Things That Go!

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Things That Go!: With 200 Stickers, Puzzles and Games, Fold-Out Pages, and Creative Play


About the Book
Here is a new title in Barron's growing My First Creativity Books series. Little movers and shakers love things that go! Matching shiny race cars, counting at the airport, decorating hot air balloons, and connecting the dots for a super fast surprise will kept them busy for hours!

Things That Go! is based on the popular Creativity Activity Books for older children, these titles are made smaller to suit little hands and are filled with activities that appeal to boys and girls in pre-K through second grade. Every title in the My First Creativity Books series features:


  • Clever coloring exercises
  • Easy connect-the-dot drawing projects
  • Spot-the-difference illustrations
  • Mazes, puzzles, and simple construction activities
  • 200 full-color stickers
  • Fold-out scenes for sticker play


Developed by educational experts to stimulate younger kids' imaginations, My First Creativity Books offer children many hours of learning fun. Illustrations include 28 pages in color.


My Take on the Book
What I loved most about this book was the large mix of activities that were included for the young child to engage with. This book had hours of fun included in one place that could be used while going on a trip or even when around the house on a rainy day. The activities were fun, interactive and my youngest truly enjoyed it. I think most of all though she enjoyed the stickers that were included. With over 200 stickers she was not only decorating the inside of the book but all of us too. This was a fun book that I would highly recommend for those with young children!



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Book Review - The Halloween Tattoo Book

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The Halloween Tattoo Book




About the Book

Kids will love The Halloween Tattoo Book, packed with 24 temporary tattoos of witches, vampires, monsters, mummies, and other Halloween companions. Tattoo-fun is enhanced with cool illustrated features that explore all things spooky--from a vampire diary and a witch-o-meter to puzzles, jokes, and interesting facts about goblins, werewolves, ghosts and ghouls.

The tattoos are applied by placing them on the skin, moistening with water, and sliding away the backing paper to reveal the image. Moms and Dads will be happy to know that all tattoos are perfectly safe and easy to remove from even the most delicate skin. Simply apply a little baby oil or adhesive tape--or wait for 3-to-5 days, at which time the tattoo simply fades away.

My Take on the Book
This was a fun book that not only included tattoos for the kids to put on, but also some great activities and Halloween-based material that will make you start wishing that we were closer to the actual date itself. The book was easy to read for the young reader (my third grader loved reading it) and all kids, or at least my own, were more than excited to put on the tattoos that were included. This was a fun book that I would recommend to any family that enjoys Halloween!




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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Blu-ray Review - Phantom

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Phantom



About the Movie
In Phantom you are at the height of the cold war, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain (Harris) and a rogue KGB agent (Duchovny) are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear armageddon hanging in the balance. Starring four-time Academy Award® nominee Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner David Duchovny (TV’s “The X-Files”), and William Fichtner (Armageddon).

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features:
● Facing the Apocalypse
● The Real Phantom
● Jeff Rona: Scoring the Phantom
● “An Ocean Away” Music Video
● Audio Commentary

My Take on the Movie
This was an action packed movie that brought me back to The Hunt for Red October. With the actual events running in my mind, I could not help placing myself in the shoes of some of the characters in the movie and realize some of the huge tensions of the time and how close we could have came to war with Russia/USSR at the time. 

The movie was well done and the acting of Ed Harris and David Duchovny superb as usual. I was kept at the edge of my seat from beginning to end and though some of the plot could be predicted, it still was a fun movie and definitely worth the watch!



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Book Review - Summer Fit Third to Fourth Grade

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About the Book
Summer Fit Activity Books move summer learning beyond academics to also prepare children physically and socially for the grade ahead. Academic exercises are based on Common Core standards and include skills in math, reading, writing, language arts and science.

Fitness exercises are designed to jump start the recommended 60 minutes of active play a day that children need to grow up healthy. Role models from throughout the world including Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa and Bethany Hamilton help reinforce core values such as honesty, respect and trustworthiness. Summer Fit extends the summer learning experience online with free reading and math digital downloads, book reports, health and wellness activities and fitness videos.


  • Based on Common Core: math, reading, writing, language arts and science
  • Exercises jump start the recommended 60 minutes of daily movement and play
  • Role models reinforce core values, good character and social skills
  • Integrated academics and physical activities reinforce the importance of the "body-brain" connection
  • Free digital downloads


About the Creator
George Starks believes that riding a bike and reading a book with a child this summer can make or break their school year. The espresso-making, bike-riding, educational publisher is the creator of the new Summer Fit Activity Book series.

He has two Bachelor’s Degrees, one in Sociology and one in Communications with an emphasis on Journalism from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He traveled the United States extensively with Rainbow Publishing Company, developing school-based summer learning programs while building the bestselling summer workbook series– Summer Bridge Activities. He formed alliances with the Johns Hopkins Center for Summer Learning (now known as the National Summer Learning Center), Major League Soccer and USA Cycling to promote the importance of academic and physical activity during the summer. In 2005 he joined Carson-Dellosa to create a summer learning initiative and in 2009 consulted for Scholastic in the development of their summer education outreach program.

He is now President of Summer Fit Learning, and owner of Blue Star Juice and Coffee which is an active lifestyles cafe in Canyon Rim, Utah. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.


My Take on the Book
I for one am a father that encourages my kids to keep learning over the summer in any way possible to make sure that we do not have brain drain or the summer slide occur within our home no matter how many groans that we get from the kids. I do this in many ways, but am always looking for additional resources and aids and this series from Summer Fit Learning is another great asset that I can draw from. 

Full of great lessons that cover a ton of different areas, my kids did not get bored at all with the content itself, and instead seemed to enjoy the variety as it was not just a math or reading book, but a comprehensive approach to looking at the information and skills needed for the transition from one grade to another. The other thing that I appreciated was that this was written by teachers, so you could tell that the information that it contained was of high quality.

On top of this I loved the daily exercises and the additional add-ons that the book offered online - a definite added bonus!

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Book Review - If you were me and lived in... South Korea

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About the Book
In If you were me and lived in... South Korea... Carole P. Roman takes you on a journey this time to Asia, landing in South Korea. Once again, children can learn how life is like for young people on the other side of the globe. From food to famous landmarks, they will learn that's it's easy to find something in common with people in different countries.

My Take on the Book

In this book the author does an amazing job at making the world that much smaller for the readers of this book. She breaks down barriers and allows the people reading to better understand the culture and the people of South Korea.

Outside of this the author takes you through some of the well known and not so well known aspects of the country as she focuses on things like geography, economics, food, sports and much more. You leave reading this book with a lot more information than when you started, or at least I did!

I highly recommend this to any and all young and seasoned readers alike!



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Book Review - 7 Men and the Secret of Their Greatness

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7 Men


About the Book
In Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness , New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.

Written in a beautiful and engaging style, Seven Men addresses what it means (or should mean) to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life. What does it take to be a true exemplar as a father, brother, husband, leader, coach, counselor, change agent, and wise man? What does it mean to stand for honesty, courage, and charity, especially at times when the culture and the world run counter to those values?

Each of the seven biographies represents the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Each of the seven men profiled—George Washington, William Wilberforce , Eric Liddell , Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Jackie Robinson , John Paul II , and Charles Colson —call the reader to a more elevated walk and lifestyle, one that embodies the gospel in the world around us.

My Take on the Book
This book was a fascinating read and the author draws you into each of the stories of the seven men that he focuses on. I can say that I did not know that much about some of these men so the read was that much more compelling for me. Each new story shared not only the man, but what this man had done through his spiritual journey to make him considered great, and how this greatness was done through faith.

The book was well researched and you leave reading the book with a much better grasp of each of the men, the struggles that they went through in their journey and the long-lasting effect they had on society. 

The book was definitely inspiring and is one that I would highly recommend to all!

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