Every college bookstore has M.C. Escher’s physics-defying paintings available as posters but check out the following LEGO recreation of Escher’s “Ascending and Descending”. The LEGO version was created by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu, who are not affiliated with LEGO. Even in three dimensional LEGO sculptures, Escher’s works are brain-teasingly fascinating to stare at.
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Our Family Film Critic, Cynthia Fuchs, reviews the movies you and your kids want to see. Cynthia’s latest review is ofThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse! From our review: As The Twilight Saga: Eclipse begins, Bella (Kristen Stewart) has made up her mind. About to graduate from high school, she’s determined to become a vampire like her
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Book Of The Week is a feature section. Each week, Audrey DeSimone reviews a children’s book and rates it on her “Read-It-Again” scale of how likely you and your kids are to want to read the book again. This week’s book is A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood, Illustrated by Laura Rankin: “Isabel is a
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Shannon Eis visited The Early Show to show off some hot summer toys!
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Our own Chris Byrne dropped by the Live! With Regis & Kelly show today to share some of his favorite summer toys. Here is the list of toys Chris had with him (in order of appearance). Sing-A-Ma-Jigs Mattel 3 and up $12.99 For kids and kids at heart, Sing-a-ma-jigs! are free-spirited, off-beat plush characters that
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Time To Play’s video game reviewer, Jeff McKinney has a new review on the site. The game is Sonny With A Chance and here is a snippet from the review: “Sonny With A Chance is the latest Disney Channel hit show and stars Demi Lovato in the role of Allison “Sonny” Munroe, a teen who
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Our Family Film Critic, Cynthia Fuchs, reviews the movies you and your kids want to see. Cynthia’s latest review is of Iron Man 2! From the review:”The return of Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) begins with a bang. He jumps from a plane, hurtles through the night sky over Flushing Meadows Park, and lands with
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Book Of The Week is a feature section on TTPM.com. Each week, Audrey DeSimone reviews a children’s book and rates it on her “Read-It-Again” scale of how likely you and your kids are to want to read the book again. This week’s book is Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman From TTPM.com: “Happy Anniversary to
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Book Of The Week is a feature section on TTPM.com. Each week, Audrey DeSimone reviews a children’s book and rates it on her “Read-It-Again” scale of how likely you and your kids are to want to read the book again. This week’s book is Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Red
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We held our spring showcase event this morning, here are some pictures!
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Do you have any Earth Day traditions in your family that you’d like to share? We’d love to know what they are. Please let everyone know how you and your family honor Earth Day in the comments section. How much do you really know about Earth Day? Check out the fascinating documentary, Earth Days, on PBS.
TTPM.com video game reviewer, Jeff McKinney has a new review on the site. The game is Deca Sports DS and here is a snippet from the review: “Following the success of the Deca Sports series on the Wii, Deca Sports DS is a diverse collection of ten sports games that range from standards like golf
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We are just a little more than two weeks away from the May 7 premier of Iron Man 2! Check out all our action figures and find those from your favorite movies, watch video reviews of the real toys, done by our toy industry professionals.
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Book Of The Week is a new feature section on TTPM.com This week’s book is We Planted A Tree by Diane Muldrow, illustrated by Bob Staake. From TTPM’s toy reviews: “A story about the important functions of trees cleverly told through the eyes of two families who each plant a tree — one in New
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Each week, the editors of TTPM.com choose a new item for a video review in the Play Of The Week. This week, Stoplight Sleep Enhancing Clock.
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Every month Chris Byrne, aka The Toy Guy, visits NBC’s “the 10! Show” in Philly with some great toy ideas for the kids (and even some of the grownups) in your life. Following is the list of toys that Chris took with him to The 10! Show on April 13. All products are available now
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Book Of The Week is a new feature section on TTPM.com. Every week our book critic, Audrey DeSimone, shares a favorite book of the week and tells you why she selected it. This week’s book is I Can Save the Ocean! by Alison Inches, illustrated by Vivianna Garofoli. From the reviewer: “In this newly released
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Each week, the editors of TTPM.com choose a new item for a video review in the Play Of The Week. This week, Flickin’ Chicken!
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New commercials for Iron Man 2 have been arriving. Following is the second TV spot showing us a little more of what we can expect from this hotly anticipated sequel when it arrives in theaters next month. And the third commercial with a few more scenes of The Suit!
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Book Of The Week is a new feature section on TTPM.com. Every week our book critic, Audrey DeSimone, shares a favorite book of the week and tells you why she selected it. This week’s book is It’s Hard to Be Five by Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell “A five-year-old boy tells us, through an
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This week, TTPM.com‘s movie critic, Cynthia Fuchs, reviewed Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the new film adaption of the book by Jeff Kinney. From the review: “Adapted from the first of Jeff Kinney’s popular kids-lit series, the movie features the book’s signature stick figures and cocky-wimpy kid’s perspective. The boys’ adventures range from excruciatingly routine (taunted
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Book Of The Week is a new feature section on TTPM. Every week our book critic, Audrey DeSimone, shares a favorite book of the week and tells you why she selected it. This week’s book is Wake Up, It’s Spring! by Lisa Campbell Ernst (author and illustrator) From TTPM.com: “A very sweet, simple story that
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Time To Play’s Chris Byrne, a.k.a. The Toy Guy, will be on LIVE! With Regis & Kelly tomorrow. Chris will have with him some of his favorite finds from Toy Fair and beyond! Tune into LIVE! tomorrow morning at 9am (EST) and then check back here afterward to see the list of toys from the
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Every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern, Jim and Chris go live in this fully interactive, fast-paced hour that will show you the latest toys kids want, tackle the issues that face today’s busy families and bring you insightful guests that will take you behind the scenes of toys and much more. The show is completely interactive. We take your questions, and give away lots of cool stuff. Tune in and come play.
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