June 2012 metrofamilymagazine.com Celebrating Dads! Local dads offer advice to their kids Brendan Parker of Spaghetti Eddie shares his story Why local schools need dads Plan your best birthday yet with our Birthday Party Guide! Special Advertising Section + Find over 184 fun summer events in our calendar!
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June 2012
metrofamilymagazine.com
Celebrating Dads!Local dads offer advice to their kids
Brendan Parker of Spaghetti Eddie shares his story
Why local schools need dads
Plan your best birthday yet with our Birthday
Party Guide!Special Advertising Section
+Find over 184 fun summer
events in our
calendar!
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Reviews by Mari Farthing & Brooke Barnett.
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Grades 4+The Five Lives of Our Cat ZookByJoanneRocklin(AmuletBooks,hardcover,$19)Throughthepowerofagoodimagination,OonaimaginesalifeofadventureforhercatZook(shortforZucchini)assheandherbrothernavigatethesometimeschoppywatersoftheirlives.Animaginativetaleofresilience.
AdultsJoy the Baker CookbookByJoyWilson(Hyperion,softcover,$20)Kickupyourbirthdaycakes—andallthetreatsyoumake—withthistreat-filledcookbookbyfoodbloggerJoy.Sweet(andsavory)recipestotakeyoufrombreakfasttomidnightsnack.
Dad, I Love You All the Way to God and BackByShannonShy(Authorhouse,softcover,$17)Parentsarechargedwithteachingtheirchildren,butthelessonstaughttothisauthorbyhisdaughtercapturethetruemeaningoffatherhood.
Dad’s Playbook: Wisdom for Fathers from the Greatest Coaches of All TimeByTomLimbert(ChronicleBooks,hardcover,$13)Sports-lovingfatherswillappreciatethisbookofadviceonfatheringthatechoesthelessonslearnedonthefield:motivation,mentorship,disciplineandlove.
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Rabbi Rami: Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual TravelerByRamiShaipiro(Spirtuality&HealthBooks,softcover,$9each)ThroughaseriesoftitlesincludingForgiveness, Parenting, God andPsalm 23, RabbiRamioffersaccessiblelessonstocomplicatedspiritualquestionsforreadersofanyreligiousbelief.
Page to Screen: Pigeon, Knufflebunny and MoreMo Willems’ Pigeon & Pals DVD(Scholastic,DVD,$20)Withnearlytwohoursofquirkystorytellingfun,theseread-alongDVDsallowkidstojointheirfriendsPigeon,KnuffleBunny,NakedMoleRatandmorewhilesharpeningtheirreadingskills.Thetwo-discsetfeaturessixstoriesbasedonWillems'well-knownstories(includingDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus)thatencourageinteraction,cooperationandproblem-solving,plusaSpanishversionofoneclassicWillemsstory.