Author: Amy Weir

<img data-attachment-id=”330197″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/06/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-to-the-rescue/aos-old-school-logo/” data-orig-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/AOS-old-school-logo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”AOS old school logo” data-image-description=” Old-school SHIELD logo ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/AOS-old-school-logo.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/AOS-old-school-logo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-330197″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/AOS-old-school-logo.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Old-school SHIELD logo” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’ is going old-school for their final season. Image: Marvel Television/ABC

<img data-attachment-id=”329430″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2020/05/inertia-and-working-from-home/escape-room-plan/” data-orig-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/escape-room-plan.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”1590434490″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”escape room plan” data-image-description=” Editing page of a google form titled “Enter the Labyrinth!” with ancient Greek mosaic of The Labyrinth as a header picture and an introduction to the escape room puzzle that follows ” data-medium-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/escape-room-plan.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/escape-room-plan.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-329430″ src=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/escape-room-plan.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Editing page of a google form titled […]

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Reading Time: 6 minutes

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Reading Time: 2 minutes <img data-attachment-id="316509" data-permalink="https://geekmom.com/2019/04/skype-with-fran-wilde/fran-wilde-interview-header/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/03/Fran-Wilde-interview-header.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Fran Wilde interview header" data-image-description=" Fran Wilde holds a blue glass ball, screenshot from the interview in the post; the cover of Riverland ” data-medium-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/03/Fran-Wilde-interview-header.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/03/Fran-Wilde-interview-header.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-316509″ src=”https://i2.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/03/Fran-Wilde-interview-header.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”Fran Wilde holds a blue glass ball, screenshot from the interview in the post; the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Reading Time: 6 minutes

Reading Time: 3 minutes Madeleine L’Engle Centennial cake at Books of Wonder, courtesy the @MadeleineLEngle Twitter account; official author photo. One hundred years ago today, on November 29, 1918, a baby girl was born in New York City. She would grow from an awkward child who did poorly in school to an award-winning author of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Eventually your cartoon cars get real engines. Image via Flickr user Edward Russell CC BY 2.0, car by Disney/Pixar Nine years ago, the movie I saw (or at least heard while doing other things) the most was Pixar’s Cars. My vehicle-obsessed toddler would watch it over and over. Dialogue started playing […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes Image via https://bannedbooksweek.org/ We again find ourselves smack in the middle of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. Maybe you’ve seen articles about the Top Ten Most Challenged Books. Maybe you’ve seen a display in your library, surrounded by caution tape and signs blaring “These Books are BANNED!” Maybe you’re […]

Come see the Pigeon and friends! Logo via Mo Willems and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Last summer I got super-excited that my former employer, The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, was partnering with the one and only Mo Willems on an interactive exhibit based on his creations. Willems’ books dominate the top of the Most-Frequently-Checked-Out-Picture-Books […]

Image (CC BY-NC 2.0) by United Way of the Lower Mainland This is a post for people like me: white middle-class cishet mainstream/casual-Christian folks without visible disabilities whose family has been in the United States for generations. You know, The Default. We are everywhere in media. We have been for centuries. “Draw a kid,” you […]