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If the “Body Worlds” exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry was a must-see for your family or if you have a child who looks forward dissection days at school, then Human Body by John Fardon should be a big hit in your house. The pages are full of facts about the human body, but the transparent pages are the real draw. You can look at ...

I am a jeans and t-shirt gal and I have Amelia Bloomer to thank for it. I hated wearing dresses & skirts as a kid because my mom never let me wear shorts or pants underneath so that I could still play on the monkey bars. Even thou I have made my peace with dresses and my daughter practically lives in her black and white plaid skirt, I know ...

While my daughter is babbling a blue streak-- sometimes I think I hear the ”pop” of her neurons expanding--I can feel my brain atrophying. Since Jane was born, I’ve read a total of one book (OK, three if you count books I’ve read for work). It took me six months to plod through Jane Jacobs’ “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” the 1961 ...

It may still be cold outside, but you can bring a bit of the jungle inside with the Robotic Gorilla kit from Silver Dolphin Books. The kit includes a gorilla robot that you put together along with a book about gorillas and how they inspired the design of robots. Our testing mom tried out this kit with her 7-year-old son and his friend and they ...

With the temperature about the plunge, throwing us all back into the icy chill of winter, I’m all for using your imagination to go somewhere else for awhile. With the Medieval Castle: History in Action book from Silver Dolphin, your kids can pretend to be knights, queens and kings and learn a little history along the way. The book features a ...

From Green Eggs and Ham to The Cat in the Hat, we here at Chicago Parent love Dr. Seuss. Apparently Kohl’s shares our love because they’re offering four Seuss titles at their stores for $5 each. When you purchase Horton Hatches the Egg, Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Hop on Pop or Fox in Socks, or any of the corresponding stuffed animals ...

Hanukkah Harry & Santa left me something for one of you! But you need to come on over to my personal site*, read my review of a great new kids book, and leave a comment. What is it? You're very own copy of Piper Reed: Navy Brat. Who is Piper Reed?  It’s not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet ...

The dreaded ''Mommy Wars'' usually pits working moms against stay at home moms. It took the genius of Sylvia Ann Hewitt and Linda Hirshman to top it off with a dollop of guilt. Hewitt began the baby panic with her 2002 book castigating us career gals with not having babies before we hit our ancient 30s. My all time favorite response was from ...