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If there is one thing that has become abundantly clear to me after more than two hours perusing AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com, it’s that a good 90% of the time it’s the “family” part of the equation that makes the photo awkward. The pets? Well, they’re just victims.
After creating AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com Mike Bender and Doug Chernack quickly realized the pet photos were fan favorites. So the guys created an entire site (and now, a book) dedicated to pets and the people who love them a little too much.
Just in time for the holiday season, the book is filled with never-before-seen photos, essays, and graphics. If you’ve ever read the captions below the photos on the site, you know those essays are bound to be hilarious. Purchase for a friend, relative, or just set this bad boy on your coffee table for hours of entertainment for you or anyone else who happens to stop by and get a gander at this gem.
To whet your appetite, I spent the last hour culling through hundreds of photos on the site and have whittled it down to the 30 images you’re about to see. I’m willing to wager there is more than one serial killer in the group below, but oh my lands, this was, perhaps, the funnest thing I’ve ever compiled for Babble, I kid you not. Do you know how hard it was to choose a mere 30? I laughed out loud at every single photo you’re about to see, and you will too, I promise. Continue reading »
One of the few photos released from the set of "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close"
Even though I love hearing recommendations on what books I should read, I don’t usually go around recommending books to others. It seems presumptuous, somehow, or maybe it feels condescending, I don’t know.
I’m breaking my rule and telling you, urging you, begging you to read a certain book. Continue reading »
SOMETHING is coming soon...
Harry Potter fans everywhere are freaking out, y’all.
Fuh-reaking out.
That’s because famed author JK Rowling has a mysterious new website that has everyone speculating what is going on.
Here’s what’s happened so far: Continue reading »
Sure, you could spend your time worrying that your teens are sending risque pictures of themselves to their friends on their cellphone, but most likely they’re just sending messages like “I dunno. Wat u wnt 2 do?” back and forth. Or, if you’re really lucky, they may have gotten into keitai — writing novels on their cellphone. Yes, I know what you’re thinking — how could anyone write anything of substance, let alone an entire novel, on the tiny little keyboard of a cellphone? I’m not sure, but people are doing it and one Japanese fifteen-year-old has made more than half a million dollars doing it.
Baseball fans can celebrate black history and their favorite sport in one fell swoop this month. A new book out from award-winning author/illustrator Matt Tavares takes your kids back to the days before Hank Aaron had a hammer in his hands.
Henry Aaron’s Dream follow the path of Aaron from playing stickball in Mobile, Ala. before blacks had a diamond to play on, through the Negro Leagues and all the way up to the minors. Continue reading »
I’ve always thought that the Scholastic Book Fairs were pretty cool. They make kids’ books available at extremely affordable prices in a very convenient and even fun way. I imagine lots of kids have books because of Scholastic that wouldn’t have them otherwise. The company is also good to teachers, offering liberal bonuses to let teachers get books for their classrooms cheaply. Now, however, my opinion of the company is in jeopardy of changing significantly for the worse.
Christine Coppa’s book “Rattled!” has been named a Breakout Book by Target. (Whoo-hoo!)
We have a copy of the book to give away. Details after the jump. Continue reading »
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