Category: books / stories

War Horse: Behind the Play and With the Horses!

[ 0 ] June 9, 2024 | Flick + Flack

In this 13 minute video, Flick and Flack give you a sneak peak at War Horse. Filmed at a PPAC press event, this short film includes anecdotes from an interview with actor Brandon Drea and the Joey the horse puppeteers. Horse kisses, fascinating behind the scenes tidbits, the play’s trailer, and some incredible horse jumps! […]

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Kids at the Farmer’s Market

[ 0 ] May 30, 2024 | Katy Killilea

Heading to the Farmer’s Market with kids is fun, sure, but sometimes the little chickens could use a kick of extra motivation. I feel like I have read a zillion farmer’s market books; regardless these two caught my eye. At the Farmer’s Market with KidsÂ is a book filled with recipes for delicious food kids can […]

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Kids Reading Across Rhode Island kicks off June 1, 2024

[ 0 ] May 24, 2024 | Anisa Raoof

Kids Reading Across Rhode Island, the â€˜one book, one stateâ€™ initiative for students in grades 4-6, kicks off its 4th year with Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai.

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Myths Busted!: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew

[ 0 ] May 17, 2024 | Michelle Riggen Ransom

Emily Krieger new book busts popular kidtastic myths (like dogs’ mouths being cleaner than humans!) we had to learn more.

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Celebrate at Barrington Books this week with special author and illustrator series!

[ 0 ] May 14, 2024 | Anika Denise

Join the fun starting May 15th! Barrington Books is hosting three blockbuster author events in honor of CHILDRENâ€™S BOOK WEEK, 2013.

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An all-new My Little Pony adventure makes a splash!

[ 2 ] April 23, 2024 | Anika Denise

Maybe it’s our close proximity to the prestigious art school Rhode Island School of Design, or perhaps it’s because our towns are situated on their own little corner of the “sparkling sea”–but the East Bay of Rhode Island is a mecca for children’s books authors and illustrators. One jewel among working artists in our community […]

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10 Ways to Celebrate Dr. Seuss with Food, Crafts, Books, and Silliness!

[ 0 ] March 1, 2024 | Anisa Raoof

Dr. Seuss’ whimsical rhymes and clever stories hold the same magic for my children as they did for me when I was a kid.

March 2nd also marks the day (in 2007) when I first shared Kidoinfo online with a circle of friends. Thanks for being part of the Kido family!

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Mighty Tidy

[ 1 ] February 28, 2024 | Katy Killilea

This must be the feeling that keeps the niche porn industry afloat. What funâ€”and what a relief!â€”to see your private psychopathology transformed into beauty. We love Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli’s new book The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy.

Anyone on the rigid order-lust spectrum (with mild interest in The Container Store on one end, and clinically diagnosed OCD on the other) will get sucked right into Wehrli’s work. He alphabetizes his alphabet soup (above); dismantles a Christmas tree into a pile of needles, bundle of sticks, coil of tinsel, and precise rows of ornaments; and arranges laundry on a clothesline in Roy G. Biv order. Parking lots filled with cars, beaches filled with people, and other messy situations are divided into components and arranged according to Wehrli’s intoxicatingly soothing rules. There’s no text. Each situation includes a before shot and an after, the ordinary jumble of life made manageable within each double-page spread.

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Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun

[ 2 ] February 7, 2024 | Katy Killilea

ddn101412lifebooknookThis short film of a walnut-eating snake* is what inspired me to Tiger-Mom my children into claymation supremacy. So far that effort hasn’t really blossomed, but once I got my hands on a copy of the filmmakers’ recommended text UNBORED: the Essential Guide to Serious Fun, upper-echelon claymation became a less urgent calling. This book opened my eyes to a parallel universe filled with people doing all kinds of tantalizing, crazy, and fun stuff I’d never considered.

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Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Local Events, Books, and Conversations

[ 0 ] January 17, 2024 | Anisa Raoof

LOCAL 2013 EVENTS: “M.L.K: Amazing Grace” Providence Children’s Museum - Providence, RI Monday, January 21st from 11:30AM-4:00PM (3 shows - 11:30AM, 1:00PM, 2:30PM) Cost: Activities free with Museum admission of $9.00 per person. The Civil Rights movement comes to life at the Providence Children’s Museum in provocative performances of “M.L.K: Amazing Grace”.Â The event features […]

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