Two Words, One Answer.
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 Pittsburgh Steelers Original Terrible Towel (Gold) $5.73 The Terrible Towel is made well, and feels like it will hold up over time. Even at home it adds to watching the Steelers make big plays and cheering them on. It's exactly how it looks, it's durable and doesn't cost much. What more could you want? GO STEELERS!  Jerzy the Giant $13.98 I am a HUGE fan of the Get Up Kids as well as Matt Pryor's other projects (namely New Amsterdams). I really wanted to get my nephew something that I thought he'd love but that I also thought would transition him into great music when he got a bit older (no nephew of mine is going to listen to awful music haha). My sister says he loves it and that its much easier for them to enjoy with him unlike much of the kid music out there today. Kids arent stupid and after giving this album a listen for myself you can tell that Pryor knows this (assuming since he's a dad himself). This album doesnt talk down to kids and the songs are fun and energetic but with that classic sound that made me fall in love with his other bands. Great buy for any kid (even the old ones like me)!  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day $7.99 After reading the synopsis of the story, I expected that Alexander was going to have some bad events in his day, but I expected something to counteract the horrible day. I thought it was a downer book. I mean, poor Alexander had nothing that went right during his entire day. I was considering buying it for my nephew, but after reading it I thought, how depressing. I later saw my 9 y/o nephew and he saw the book and said he had already read it. I told him to tell me about it. He remembered the repeated phrase (the book title), he remembered the gum in the hair, getting his shirt wet and his foot getting smashed. I remembered the friend not wanting to be his best friend anymore, the cat not wanting to sleep with him and his slipping in the mud and being called a cry baby. It would have been nice if there had been something other than a perfunctory acknowledgment of the terrible day. The only comment at the end is that "My Mom says some days are like that." I guess it's realistic, but putting a funny or positive spin on some of the events would have been great for showing how to deal with those terrible days. I mean this book is for kids...they'll get realism enough as they grow up. I can honestly say, I've never had such a pileup of terrible things happen in just one day and if I did - as an adult, I know how to deal with it. Maybe, the book had such terrible things happen that if a child only had a few bad things, he could compare it to this book and say his day wasn't nearly as bad as Alexander's. |
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