Add Some Sumptuous Silence to Your Halloween Watchlists with Lon Chaney’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ September 20, 2021
Witness the Birth and Evolution of a Genius: Three Early Makoto Shinkai Films Land on Blu-ray June 16, 2022
Comics Star Wars #5 (Marvel) Issue #5 (November 1977): Lo, The Moons of Yavin! Writer/Editor: Roy Thomas Illustrators: Howard Chaykin & Steve Leialoha Moving toward the conclusion of ... By Jamie GreeneApril 18, 20140
Books Ella (previously in this series: Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure) Continuing our journey through the career of Bill Peet, we pick up Ella (1964) this week. ... By Jamie GreeneApril 17, 20141
Books The Big Wet Balloon The Big Wet Balloon written and illustrated by Liniers (Ricardo Liniers Siri) published by TOON Books It seems appropriate to feature this book ... By Jamie GreeneApril 16, 20140
Comics Ms. Marvel Why I read Ms. Marvel to my 5-year-old daughter “I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I don’t know who I’m supposed ... By Jamie GreeneApril 16, 20140
Comics Lumberjanes Lumberjanes #1 (April 2014) written by Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis illustrated by Brooke Allen colors by Maarta Laiho letters by Aubrey Aiese ... By Jamie GreeneApril 16, 20140
Interviews 5 Questions with Alan Muraoka Welcome to the first in a series of Roarbots interviews…with a twist. We’re calling it 5 Questions with a 5-Year-Old. The idea is ... By Jamie GreeneApril 15, 20142
Lego Lego 41051: Merida’s Highland Games Lego 41051: Merida’s Highland Games / Disney Princess Another entry in the Disney Princess line. I had thought this was Zoey’s “least desired” ... By Jamie GreeneApril 15, 20140
Performances Once on This Island Once on This Island playing at Olney Theatre Center (Olney, MD) dates: April 9–May 4 directed by Alan Muraoka Last night (Thursday, April ... By Jamie GreeneApril 11, 20141
Comics Star Wars #4 (Marvel) Issue #4 (October 1977): In Battle with Darth Vader Scripter/Editor: Roy Thomas Illustrators in Tandem: Howard Chaykin & Steve Leialoha This issue has ... By Jamie GreeneApril 10, 20140
Board Games Beastie Bash! Kickstarter I don’t contribute to a lot of Kickstarter campaigns. At least, historically, I haven’t. But this one looks like a solid bet. Beastie ... By Jamie GreeneApril 9, 20143
Books Princesses Behaving Badly Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie published by Quirk Books (2013) Roar score: 3/5 ... By Jamie GreeneApril 8, 20140
Books The Misadventures of Salem Hyde The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Spelling Trouble written and illustrated by Frank Cammuso published by Amulet Books (Abrams) Roar Score: 4/5 We first ... By Jamie GreeneApril 7, 20140
Board Games Gulo Gulo Designer: Wolfgang Kramer, Jurgen Grunau, Hans Raggan Publisher: Rio Grande Games Plays 2–6 Ages: 5+ (in reality, more like 3+) Playing Time: 15–20 ... By Jamie GreeneApril 7, 20140
Toys Transformers Rescue Bots toys When my kids first became obsessed with the younger, much more kid-friendly version of the Transformers–Rescue Bots–I started to poke around in stores ... By Jamie GreeneApril 4, 20140
Comics Star Wars #3 (Marvel) Issue #3 (September 1977): Death Star! Scripter/Editor: Roy Thomas Artists/Illustrators: Howard Chaykin & Steve Leialoha Issue 3 brings us halfway through the treatment ... By Jamie GreeneApril 3, 20140
Books Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure If I had to pick a single favorite children’s author/illustrator, it would undoubtedly be Bill Peet. Since I was a kid, I’ve been ... By Jamie GreeneApril 2, 20140
Backroads Travel Epcot DiveQuest Walt Disney World offers a lot of tours. Most of them are very expensive, and very few are good for kids (i.e., there’s ... By Jamie GreeneApril 1, 20140
Animation Batman Rewatch: Christmas with the Joker Season 1, episode 2 Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky Director: Kent Butterworth One of the very cool things about Batman: The Animated Series is that ... By Jamie GreeneApril 1, 20140
Books How to Speak Wookiee Browsing the Backlist written by Wu Kee Smith illustrated by JAKe published by Chronicle Books (2011) What we have here is cute novelty. ... By Jamie GreeneApril 1, 20141
Board Games Catan Junior Designer: Klaus Teuber Publisher: Mayfair Games Plays 2–4 Ages: 5+ Playing Time: ~30 minutes (2-player game); slightly more with more players Initial Release: ... By Jamie GreeneApril 1, 20141
Add Some Sumptuous Silence to Your Halloween Watchlists with Lon Chaney’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ September 20, 2021
Witness the Birth and Evolution of a Genius: Three Early Makoto Shinkai Films Land on Blu-ray June 16, 2022
90 Days of Huel: I Drank My Food for Three Months. Here Are the Results. September 23, 201959560 views
