The Joy and Wisdom of Grandparenting
PBS KIDS® & Whole Foods Market® Toy Collaboration Reviewer: Jeanette Perkins aka Beeba These products were easy to test since I have a 2 year old grandson who loves to play. I sampled four toys from this collection and they all were a hit – an Aurora brand alpaca (Miyoni) and fluffy chickadee, Farm Puzzle and … Read more
Against Childhood Obesity, Fighting Fat In Kids One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Kids won’t live as long as their parents did before. This lighthearted chant conveys a serious message: today’s children may be the first generation to have poorer health and live shorter lives than their parents. High blood pressure, adult-onset diabetes and … Read more
By Susan Levy As a grandmother, it would be easy to let my practice of eating a Mediterranean based diet slip momentarily when the grandchildren come to visit. Then I remember, times have changed. I can be that sweet treat grandma AND stay with the Mediterranean principles of heart-healthy eating. The Mediterranean Diet at a … Read more
The month of June is full of fun ideas for activities for you and your grandchildren of all ages! Here are some different celebrations you may never have heard of, yet they offer lots of fun for a summer day, creating wonderful childhood memories. June 1st : Flip a Coin Day A day when making … Read more
Name one thing you can do together that has health benefits – and more – for both you and your grandchildren. Give up? Get moving! All kinds of movement. From walking and stretching to moving to music and playing physically active games. Somehow, warmer weather and long, sunny days make us want to be more … Read more
Thanks so much for considering my submission for the Kids’ Book Author of the Week at GrandMagazine. Pam Ehrenberg’s first young adult novel, Ethan, Suspended, has recently come out in paperback. “I am excited that so many grandparents and grandchildren have already begun to enjoy it together,” Ehrenberg says. At its heart, the book is … Read more
Deb Caletti: The Secret Life of Prince Charming Quinn is surrounded by women with broken hearts. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. Then she gets dumped and starts to wonder if there really are no good men. It doesn’t help when Quinn discovers that her selfish, womanizing … Read more
The best in children’s literature, selected by Jim Whiting. Joe Garces I am a professional firefighter for the City of Oxnard in Southern California. I have been a firefighter since 2002 and previously was an elementary school and high school English teacher. Currently I am the engineer on my crew and drive the fire engine. … Read more
Loukoumi, the fluffy, cuddly lamb, returns this fall with Loukoumis Gift, the fourth title in the award winning series of illustrated books by Nick Katsoris for children 4-8. This iParenting Media Award winning story features a bonus download of the story narrated by Jennifer Aniston and Days of Our Lives star John Aniston. Other celebrities … Read more
The best in children’s literature, selected by Jim Whiting. SAUNDRA MITCHELL My book, Shadowed Summer, would be an ideal book for grandparents to share because it’s honest, but it’s not edgy. It’s a book where fourteen year olds act like they’re fourteen years old, where the story may contain ghosts and gentle scares, but its … Read more
With the neighborhood witch out to get them, three friends will do just about anything to avoid her in The Pizza Gang: Facing the Witch. Trying to stay out of the way of a mean old woman, twin brothers Joe and Ben, along with their best friend Katie, wind up volunteering to sort through lost … Read more
Tell me a secret, and I’ll tell you one… In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda’s death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister took to the grave, and what really happened the night she died. Now, just as Miranda is on the cusp of her dreams-a best friend to unlock … Read more
Author Anne Broyles remembers her maternal Grandma Verna’s raspy voice as she recited “Best, Beloved Poems” to her grandchildren. So Broyles relates to grandparents who come up to her after bookstore events or library readings and say, “My grandmother grew hollyhocks in her yard. I think I’ll get some seeds and plant them with my … Read more
Welcome to the summer of passion. For seventeen-year-old Jory Michaels, that means three sun-and-fun filled months of spending time with her best friends, obsessing over her crush, trying to find something she is passionate about, and…saving for a nose job. Jory is determined to lose the big, honking, bumpy monstrosity she calls the Super Schnozz-the … Read more
