Growing Up Creepie

Newly discovered...I will write more about this new find after I watch the first season...Growing Up Creepie is a televison cartoon (Discovery Kids) I just happened to run into yesterday and I just can't get enough. Creepie Creature is a goth girl raised by a family of insects. She attends a "normal" school complete with jocks, preppy girls obsessed with cell phones, geeks, etc....she finds that she doesn't fit in nor does she want to. She seems to be drawn to things that go outside the norm. I just watched an episode where she falls in "love" with a boy she thinks is part tarantula, but is disheartened when she realizes it is just an act. At the end of each episode Creepie divulges interesting facts about whichever insect is highlighted in each episode. For example, the characteristics of tarantulas. So far I love this show, but I still have eight or so episodes before I finish the entire first season. I think kids up to 11 or 12 years old would really enjoy this cartoon especially those kids who may feel a bit out of place and different.

http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/creepie/show.html
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/growing-creepie

My first blog...Hmmm...Wimpy...

So, I'm taking online classes through San Jose State University. I want to be a children/ YA librarian when I grow up. One of my assignments is to create a blog about tweens and the materials they are interested in. Kind of exciting because it gives me a reason to get back to reading and away from checking up on Perez Hilton and Facebook for countless hours. There's a valuable lesson to be learned here I think. Anyway, I feel like I'm supposed to say something profound for my first blog, but I'd rather go with my train of thought right now instead...I was a bit disturbed yesterday when I saw online that one of my favorite tween books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, has been made into a movie. On a side note, so has How to Eat Fried Worms. Anyway, for those of you who have read Jeff Kinney's series of books you probably know how funny, witty, and sometimes disturbing they are AND they're written and illustrated in a way that makes it enjoyable for tweens, teens, and adults. An easy read. So, yes, it has made its way to the big-screen and judging from the preview....? My initial reaction is, "Ewww, boring." But maybe after a few more viewings I may change my mind....maybe. Take a look.

http://www.wimpykid.com/
http://www.diaryofawimpykidmovie.com/
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/diary-wimpy-kid