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• The Thermodynamics of Porridge Cooling in Goldilocks

  If you thought I was a nitpicker when I went after science errors in children's books that were trying to be realistic, you'll have a kiniption about this: some of bloggers over at scienceblogs.com have started taking on fairy tales: the thermodynamics of cooling porridge in Goldliocks and the physics of hair rope-ladders in Rapunzel. Read More... Posted May 05 2009, 03:00 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: science, physics, fairy tales, children’s books, Rapunzel, storytelling, goldilocks, Axel-Lute, nitpicking, suspension of disbelief, errors, kid’s books, thermodynamics

• I Dare You to Find a Cuter Kid Video

  The eight painstaking years I spent studying French just paid off. I don’t know who this little girl is or where she came off, but I am pretty sure that she will one day inherit the earth. Read More... Posted Nov 12 2008, 07:03 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, poverty, toddlers, cute, allergies, videos, crocodile, magic, France, stories, little kids, telling stories, once upon a time, hippo, capucha, storytelling, cutest kids video, french girl, fairy tale, vimeo