Bedtime stories significantly contribute to a child's development, fostering language skills, imagination and emotional intelligence. Research indicates that regular storytelling enhances vocabulary, ...
The sins of the fathers are visited on the sons, and the sins of the sons are visited on their siblings in the dour “Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles.” Some stark and startling visual imagery is ...
I was never very good at science. Mostly because it was taught to me the same way math was taught to me: It wasn’t. I mean it was, technically. But not in a way that inspired me or held my interest ...
Without mystery, hero, handsome prince or fairy godmother — Goodnight Moon has now lulled millions of children to sleep, in more than two dozen languages, for 75 years. Written by Margaret Wise Brown, ...
Trespassing, kidnapping, extortion — sounds like a meaty “Law and Order” episode, right? Maybe, but I’m talking about fairy tales: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and ...
A winner of seven Ariels at the 2001 Mexican Academy Awards, including best picture, best actor, and best original screenplay, this feature brims with magnificent landscapes—wind-sculpted canyons and ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. A strange and often compelling film of the magical realism school in which elements of the fantastic, magical and/or supernatural ...