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Jay Brown
I'm a Book Person at RIF (officially, the director of integrated marketing). I'm also a Dad and regular reader to my two little girls, Riley (think Cindy Lou Who), who is now 3 1/2, and Parker (think Madeline, only not French), who is 1 1/2.
“Dear Macy’s, You are like a superhero to my school because we haven’t had RIF in a long, long time, but because of you we got it this year.” — Katie, 3rd grade “Dear Macy’s, When I first got a free book, I felt so happy, and I wanted to thank whoever let it happen. […]
Take a look, it’s in a book … it’s on your iPad. Reading Rainbow is back and back in force. Today the new Reading Rainbow app debuts. The goal: to get kids hooked on reading via the devices many kids are hooked on borrowing from mom and dad.
At some point in the middle of a bedtime story it hit me. No dads. I had literally read half a dozen books to my daughter, and the only dad I could remember was wearing a suit and tie and headed to work. It bugged me. And it wasn’t helping my case.
Apple is making headlines this week and we just so happen to have a signed copy of *the* handbook for folks making the switch to a Mac. Clearly, a giveaway is in order. Here’s the scoop. We met up last week with New York Times columnist David Pogue, who wrote the best-selling “Switching to the […]
Bryan and Ella Foster are the proud parents of Bianca, who is 3, and Roland, just 7-months-old. They are also both serving in the military. Bryan has been deployed four times and Ella twice. Last year, Bryan missed Roland’s birth. Like any family dealing with separation, the time away can be very difficult. To help […]
Kids like Mia, with a mom or dad likely on their way to Afghanistan, have a new way to cope with the distance. And it started with a special book, The Kiss Box.
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