Sue's Blog
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April Fools! (Updated, July 2024)
Happy April Fools Day! Even though we maybe slightly wish this were true. -
The Best Halloween Books for Kids. Some personalized, some not!
Updated as of May 2024Spooky season is just around the corner! The sheer number of Halloween books out there for kids astonished me. There’s plenty to choose from to introduce your little one to the magic of Halloween, or to help them feel a little less scared of monsters! Here are some of our other favorites.
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6 books that can help you teach your kids how to be an ally (Updated, July 2024)
Teaching children to be allies (someone who stands with and speaks up for minorities and discriminated communities) can be a difficult topic to broach or explain, especially to younger children. A great way to introduce them to this is to use books. The following list of children’s books tactfully broach difficult topics like racism, privilege, slavery, the LGBTQIA community, and more. So grab these for your kids and get reading!
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10 Inspirational Quotes from Manimal Tales
There’s no feeling like curling up on your couch to re-read your favorite children’s books. I used to think it was their familiarity that lent itself to the warm, fuzzy feeling I got from them. I’ve only recently realized that what I love about them is the author’s way of making huge lessons fit into the simplest of situations. here are my top ten favorite quotes from Manimal Tales that lend themselves to great life lessons. -
Seven Child Heroes We Respect (Don’t Forget to Check out #7!)
We started the #DearOrangeyTan hashtag when we heard from a few mothers who’d read our books. They had stories of kids rising above the hatred that followed people of color in America under Orangey-Tan. Although it broke our hearts to see the world we had made for our kids, we realized that there’s no better way to criticize this abomination than through the innocence of a child. Honestly, they’re way better leaders than we could ever hope to be. That got us thinking about our favorite child heroes and here’s what we came up with! -
A list of 10 of the most interesting personalized gifts for adults (Updated, July 2024)
Personalization used to just mean putting a name on a pen or a notebook, but now there are many more interesting ways to personalize gifts - and many more kinds of gifts you can get that are personalized. We scoured the internet for some of the more unconventional personalized gifts you could get your loved one. Here are the top ten we found. -
A Timeline of The Trump Presidency, as told by Orangey-Tan Posts
Since Trump’s ruinous reign is at an end, we thought it might be a good time to look back at some of the bigliest moments through the eyes of our very own Orangey-Tan posts! -
The Best Trump Parody Children's Books: Understanding Trumpiness Through The Eyes of Children’s Books (Updated May, 2024)
Update: Now that Trump is coming back (arrgh who would have ever thought I would have to write that sentence ever!) we decided that we simply had to update our list. I started writing this blog ... -
The 5 Things Kids Can Learn By Reading the Orangey-Tan
The Orangey-Tan as a story that I would use to explain the past four years to my own child – but do so in a way that talks about the underlying values and why they are important. s a result, the Orangey-Tan has lots of lessons you can share with your kids (aside from the sheer satisfaction of reading along as the Manimals oust their own reality-distorting, preening, orange ape and his hateful ideology from their kingdom!). And since it’s personalized, your child becomes the hero of the story and can really “live” the lessons!
