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If your family loves games night but wants something with a little bit more bonding and personal, Kizuna Quest may be what you are looking for. We had the opportunity to test out and review this game and share it with you. Kizuna means “bond” in Japanese so this game…
A Good Daughter’s Ghost is a YA fiction book by Annick Press with a very creepy looking cover! It haunts even me. This book is designed for ages 14-18 although of course many adults enjoy YA fiction too. At 248 pages it is average length but with a creepy premise.…
Understanding Trump’s push to open retirement plans to private equity, cryptocurrency, and other alternative assets This is a sponsored post for my US readers. We’ve seen it before: private equity firms snatch up a business, slash costs, and dwindle quality before selling it to turn a profit. Sometimes it works,…
Looking for an adorable board book for your baby or toddler? Platypus and Puggle is about “unusual animals big and small.” Specifically about those unusual animals and what their babies are called. Do you know what a Jerboa is? Did you know their babies are called pinkies? Each page of…
This is a picture book called Enough to Share by Mary Helen Berg and illustrated by Sue Todd. It’s from Tielmour Press and is a beautiful book about the Great Bear Rainforest which is threatened. Great Bear Rainforest is on First Nation land and it’s important to their culture. The…
My good friends at Annick Press publishers sent me some children’s fiction to share with you here. Annick Press is a Canadian publisher so all these books are Canadian! Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher, and Wâpos’s Friendship GardenAges 6-9, 160 pages About: Spring break has arrived, and Sarah is happy that her…
Are you looking for personalized gifts such as canvas photo prints, photo mugs, photo blankets or even photo prints? Fujifilm PrintLife is where I get my canvas photo prints and we love them. They also have tons of other personalized items. I even got a few photo magnets this time…
I love games and Looney Labs is the maker of the Fluxx Games where the rules are in a constant state of flux(x). Have you played a Fluxx game before? Let me introduce you to Mystery Fluxx, Word Fluxx and Cat Fluxx. So how do these games work? All Fluxx…
Are you looking for a family game that is all about the music? Hitster is so much fun and will have everyone singing along even though that’s not the aim of the game! About Hitster the Music Party Game Hitster is for 2-10 players 16+ although we played with an…
Bea’s Balikbayan Box of Treasures by Christine Alemshah is a cute picture book for ages 4-9 about playing with boxes and a Filipino tradition called Balikbayan. The illustrations by Dream Chen are so cute too. This adorable story features a girl named Bea who lives in America but embraces her…