Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is in May when artists like
Andy Runton, author of Owly graphic novels, have free comic booklets at comic book stores. This year I planned to have my kids and husband head to the comic book store down the street so we could add more Owly goodness to our collection! Unfortunately we all forgot since we were preoccupied with a newborn. Thank goodness Andy is kind enough to share
free PDF downloads of Owly FCBD fun! You can also order FCBD Owly booklets from past years for cheap + shipping
(US Media Mail $4.95) from
Top Shelf (scroll all the way down)!
Not sure what graphic novels are and if they're right for your kids? Read
Using Graphic Novels with Children and Teens on Scholastic's website. It says "
graphic novels have emerged as a growing segment of book publishing, and have become accepted by librarians and educators as mainstream literature for children and young adults—literature that powerfully motivates kids to read."
We didn't own a National Geographic Kids book until I won a twitter giveaway for a National Geographic Kids Almanac. My daughter carried that almanac around for quite a while and she still likes looking through it. Now we have a mini National Geographic Kids library and get the magazine too! We like the beautiful and close-up photographs and the interesting facts about the world around us.
While playing card games like UNO my son lays out his cards face-up and tries to shield them from his opponent. Now he can hold his cards like a big kid because Adapting Creatively shared how to make a simple holder with two CDs (offset) and super glue. It works great, costs nothing and I like to use it too. A Gamewright card holder is over 5 bucks.
