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• Terrible Ideas, Cookbook Edition

  Okay, so we all know the economy's in the crapper. But no matter how bad things get, we'll be looking for better food options than this.... Read More... Posted Apr 28 2009, 01:01 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: food, poop, Winnie the Pooh, cooking with kids, cookbooks, bad titles, pooh

• Dad Battles Kangaroo, Can You?

  Proof that children's books can really skew your view of the world - I've always thought of kangaroos as sweet and lovable, not unlike mama Kanga and her irascible youngster, Roo. If you've got a similiar kangaroo crush, this story might make you whistle a different tune. An Australian family was awoken in the middle of the night by their ten-year-old screaming that a kangaroo had broken into his room. Nightmare? You don't know the half of it. Read More... Posted Mar 10 2009, 02:28 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: children's books, animals, Winnie the Pooh, bizarre, wild animals, protecting kids, Jeanne Sager, kangaroo, Kanga and Roo, exotic animals, hero dad, adrenaline

• Would you Spend $50,000 on Pooh?

  As parents, there is a unwritten rule that there has to be at least one piece of Pooh paraphernalia in any and all households with with a childunder the age of seven. In my house, we have a Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that costs about $15. Now that’s a reasonable amount for some Winnie-dom. But would you spend...   Read More... Posted Nov 06 2008, 07:00 PM by SunnyChanel with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Winnie the Pooh, auction, drawing

• Facebook Kicks Teddy Bear Offline

  Christopher Robin wouldn't fit in at Facebook. Winnie the Pooh's best friend treated his stuffed teddy bear like he was a real live bear. Facebook, meanwhile, has kicked a British teddy bear offline, stranding his growing friend list without a bear buddy. Read More... Posted Oct 27 2008, 02:01 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: toys, Britain, england, Facebook, teddy bears, social networking, Winnie the Pooh, christopher robin, Jeanne Sager, Bartie Bristle, Ning, McBears

• News from Darkest Peru: Paddington Turns 50

  The bear of very little brain may get more press, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for another bear of English origins. Paddington bear is still looking smart in his little blue duffle and jaunty felt hat – despite today's celebration of his 50th birthday.  Tales of the bear with an especial affinity for sticky marmalade sandwiches have been translated into 40 languages and sold more than 35 million copies since it was first published by Harper Collins on October 13, 1958. So why do I still feel like he's tromping in his wellies far behind Pooh?   Read More... Posted Oct 13 2008, 05:05 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: children's books, Britain, england, Winnie the Pooh, reading with kids, bears, Jeanne Sager, Paddington, Darkest Peru, English literature

• Five Nonsense Kids Character Names Explained

  Sometimes the names they give to our kids’ favorite characters sound like they had a kid in on production. I mean, Pikachu? I say Gesundheit.   But listening to Mike Myers explain the Yiddish origins of everyone’s favorite ogre on NPR’s Fresh Air last week  made me wonder – are all characters like onions? Do they all have layers? Thanks to my anal retentive side and too much time to spend in front of my computer, I offer up the first edition of children’s character names explained. Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 04:27 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: cars, shrek, Winnie the Pooh, pokemon, Finding Nemo, pikachu, Jeanne Sager, list, nonsense, kidspeak, children's characters, top five, lightning mcqueen

• YouTube Goodness: In Soviet Russia, Winnie the Pooh visits YOU

  The crude, hand-drawn animation of this Soviet-era cartoon looks more like Connie the Cow than the glossy stylings of Disney. Pooh himself is brown and frankly, kind of rude. But even without the subtitles, there's no doubt that Vinni Puh Goes Visiting is the classic tale of a visiting bear who eats so much that he gets stuck in the door when he leaves. My four-and-a-half-year-old caught on the minute she saw Vinni and his friend Piglet, and though she can't read well enough to follow the subtitles, she offered her own running translation as we watched. She'd also like to note that bears don't really speak Russian, they speak Growl. I'd like to note that "Vinni Puh" would be a great name for a band. While I work on that, please enjoy:   (via quixoticals)  Posted May 03 2007, 08:28 AM by Patti with | with no comments Filed under: youtube, disney, cartoons, animation, Russia, Winnie the Pooh, vinni puh, soviet union

• Is that a bomb? Nah, It's just Winnie the Pooh

  Let's just say you go to the post office to pick up the novelty phone you ordered online. Let's also say that you freak out because the box is ticking and you think it's a bomb. Fear not. This happened to a guy near St. Louis, and it turned out to be nothing. One of the features is that when the phone rings, the head spins around (apparently a la Exorcist) and makes sort of a ticking sound, assuming it is in a box and the head continually hits the cardboard. This caused the evacuation of the Wright City Post Office, and I'm sure the guy was really embarrassed. I don't know if he was embarrassed about the bomb scare, or ashamed that he was buying a Winnie the Pooh novelty phone. Either way, I'm glad it wasn't me. Posted Apr 24 2007, 08:03 AM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with no comments Filed under: novelty phones, Winnie the Pooh, bomb scare