November 18, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: A Happy Feet Two Review, From A Kid’s Perspective

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Note: The Happy Feet Two Penguin Pack Giveaway has ended. If you participated, head over to the giveaway post here to see if you won—and thanks for playing! For the MyBrownBaby readers who won family pack tickets to see Happy Feet Two screenings in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Chicago: I ...

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August 25, 2011

MBB Fresh: Mobilizing Moms In Support Of Women’s Health & Economic Rights (HERrights)

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By KRISTIN ROWE-FINKBEINER On the anniversaries of the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment and the 1963 March on Washington, which are this week, MomsRising is joining women’s rights organizations and mom bloggers to mobilize women voters around the preservation of women’s Health and Economic Rights (HERrights) a movement designed to ...

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April 29, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: What We’re Reading & Watching (Beside William and Kate’s Wedding)

Oh, who doesn't love a beautiful wedding? The dress, the pageantry, the fairytale details all of it is perfectly delicious, I admit. I raise my hand to say I tuned in this morning to get a glimpse of Kate in that breathtaking gown and to watch Prince William put a ...

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April 15, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: What We’re Reading, Doing, Watching and Listening To This Week

Who, chile what a week! I FINALLY wrapped up a short story for a groundbreaking project I’m working on with a team of some of our favorite African American female novelists, wrote a couple of freelance pieces for two magazines, accompanied both my daughters on separate field trips, and dealt ...

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April 1, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: What We’re Reading, Doing, Watching and Listening To This Week

I started out the week having a terrible, horrible, no good, bad day (relationship building and maintenance with businesses that refuse to recognize your worth can make even the best of us feel like crap), but I’m happy to say that after a few days of licking my wounds, my ...

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February 27, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: Waiting For “Superman” DVD

This is what it says on the back of the box for the newly-released DVD, Waiting For Superman: From the Academy Award-winning Director of An Inconvenient Truth comes the groundbreaking feature film that provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. Waiting For Superman has ...

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February 21, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: The Crochet Sisters Flowered Earflap Beanie

I love adorable, one-of-a-kind hats for kids. To me, they’re much more than just head warmers; they’re like a perfect piece of jewelry for an adorable coat. To this day, my girl pies dig them a cute hat, and both of them agreed that the hand-crocheted creations of The Crochet ...

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February 13, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: Shane Evans’ “Faces of Black History”

We're loving children's book author and illustrator Shane Evans' The Faces of Black History, a daily series of illustrations featuring the facial expressions of famous black folk and links to their bios and stories. The illustrations are part of OLUIZUMZ, the super cute faces Evans creates for Olu, the character ...

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February 7, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: Lil Davinci Art Cabinet

If you’re addicted to kid’s art and, like me, you just can’t throw it away OR figure out where to stash it all, this frame might be for you. Each of these art cabinets stores up to 50 pieces of art all of them behind a single, white, bevel-cut mat ...

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February 3, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: THE PLANET BOX

It's cute, it's eco-friendly, and what kid can resist eating fresh fruit and crunchy veggies out of a lunchbox this delicious? It's the Planet Box, a non-toxic, food-grade stainless steel lunchbox that keeps food organized, unsquished and fresh. Your baby can dress it up with colorful magnets; you can clean ...

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