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This week, the book Black Boy Joy will be published by Delacorte Pre
ss. This book is aimed at intermediate or Young Adult readers and contains seventeen short stories that “celebrate Black boyhood.” The book has various authors but is edited by New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia. As a dad, Mbalia clearly gets what makes boys tick. Fatherly is proud to present an excerpt from the book, a story called “There’s Going to Be a Fight in the Cafeteria on Friday and You Better Not Bring Batman,” by Lamar Giles. In the story, a boy struggles with an ever-changing list of action figures and wonders whether or not the movie Kazaam is...
The new film Senior Moment may result in the viewer having an actual senior moment
Starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales, and Katrina Bowden, this cozy feel-good rom-com is harmless, but like searching for your car keys over the age of 50, it’s also a bit forgettable. Should you watch it? It depends on how much you love seeing William Shatner re-teamed with Christopher Lloyd; on screen together for the first time since they battled each other in 1984’s Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Lloyd was the follow-up Trek baddie after Khan — remember? Back then, Kirk kicked him in the face saying “I have had enough of YOU!” Since...
Far too few American parents know the brilliance of Tove Jansson and her massively successful cartoon world, the Moomin
s. Jansson was a Finnish artist who first created these calm and quirky characters in the 1940s. But the Moomin-mania is far from over– in fact, they’re more popular now than ever. The Moomins loom largest in Finland, but Japan’s a close second (Moomin merch is everywhere. There’s even a Moomin World theme park.) It’s only a matter of time before the Moomins take over the US, too. So who are the Moomins, and why should you care? The Moomins (Moominmama, Moominpapa, Moomintroll, and his girlfriend Snorkmaiden) live together in Moominvalley. They’re technically trolls, though they look more like a...
Simple construction-paper crafts are an excellent, affordable and fun way for kids of all temperaments and ilks to channel their creative energie
s. Paper crafts for kids are also an easy indoor activity for friends and family of all ages, and they can double as visual aids for teaching younger kids about elementary topics such as animals, colors, shapes, and foods. Whether your kids are excited about making a 3D rabbit with a cotton-ball tail or working together on a mile-long rainbow paper chain, easy construction-paper crafts are the rare activity that suits every interest and every age, while honing kids’ motor and artistic skills. The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating art with construction-paper crafts, but these easy-to-follow DIY...
I am the first child of John Wayne and his third wife, Pilar Pallete
I was born in 1962. My father named me after Ethan Edwards, a character from his film, The Searchers. Right after I was born we moved out of Los Angeles to this little town called Newport Beach so my experience of my father is probably different from my step-siblings Michael, Patrick, Toni, and Melinda, who he had when he was much younger. By the time I came along, my father was 59. A lot of his older friends like Henry Hathaway, John Ford, Jimmy Stewart, and Maureen O’Hara had already passed away. I think it was hard for him to work...