Word Wednesday! DK’s ‘LEGO City Busy Word Book’
DK’s LEGO City Busy Word Book will build your child’s vocabulary and inspire their imaginative play. But can you find the pretzel?
Continue ReadingDK’s LEGO City Busy Word Book will build your child’s vocabulary and inspire their imaginative play. But can you find the pretzel?
Continue ReadingAnother summer, another round of summer camps. Each summer, I’ve tried to improve on the curriculum, and this past week I got to take some camp upgrades for a test spin.
Continue ReadingLast summer, my campers absolutely enjoyed working from some of DK’s workbooks related to Scratch programming, and now DK has a new Scratch workbook releasing.
Continue ReadingIt’s another new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions. Many of them won’t be kept. But, not to be left out in the cold, I’ve made a few personal resolutions. Not to get in shape or give up caffeine (heaven forbid!) but to change up my parenting and slightly redirect it.
Continue ReadingDK has an amazing sweepstakes going on right now through December 13, 2016, giving away a coding library that consists of seven coding books and workbooks.
Continue ReadingFor the last five days, I’ve had ten kids taking my Beginning Game Programming camp here in Atlanta. This is the second summer I’ve taught the camp, and this year I decided to change things up a bit after I got a look at some of the new DK books related to programming.
Continue ReadingGorgeous pictures, beautiful rocks, and amazing facts. All found in Dorling Kindersley’s ‘Rock and Gem’ book.
Continue ReadingThis stack overflow takes a look at some of the latest releases from DK Publishing, mainly some Star Wars reference guides, plus one dedicated to Gotham’s denizens.
Continue ReadingA new book in the “Big Things Simply Explained” series will make you an instant expert on the best films in cinematic history.
Continue ReadingA few weeks back I wrote about a new book from DK Publishing that introduces programming concepts and the Scratch programming language. I reached out to DK to see if they had any other books related to programming, and they just sent me a copy of ‘Computer Coding: An Introduction to Computer Programming.’
Continue ReadingSince teaching some basic programming camps over the last two summers, I’ve had requests from parents of younger children for a similar type of camp, but it won’t be happening in 2016. That said, in order to even consider the request, I’ve been examining various apps and books to see just how I might go about introducing programming concepts to a younger audience. I’ve been looking for something to recommend to parents as a simple way to gauge the interest of a child in programming without being overly complicated or lengthy. The solution I found came from DK Publishing.
Continue ReadingThis week, we round up a few recent titles that are exceptionally good at injecting some beauty and imagination into nonfiction topics – and should be page-turners for even reluctant readers.
Continue ReadingFour books that are visually stunning and touch on a number of geeky topics sure to please.
Continue ReadingThis week’s Stack Overflow includes a few recent (and a couple not-so-recent) oversized, coffee table art books that cover a range of geeky interests. Lock up your wallet if you have as little self-control as I do.
Continue ReadingA book from DK Publishing catalogs and celebrates the world’s iconic buildings and landmarks, reimagined in LEGO bricks.
Continue ReadingThis week, we’re joined by Star Wars author, travel writer, and explorer Adam Bray! Adam is the author of several beautiful books from DK, including ‘Star Wars: What Makes a Monster?,’ ‘Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide,’ and the brand-new ‘Ultimate Star Wars.’
Continue ReadingDid you know that an octopus tastes with its suckers? If you’d visited DKFindOut, you would.
Continue ReadingThe Lego obsession continues in all media with the release of The Lego Movie today. Taking a break from constructing with Lego, GeekMom Sarah and her family read about them instead.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Helen explores water science with her own mini scientist, using Lisa Burke’s Water Fun book.
Continue ReadingFrom Pokemon to Pride and Prejudice, BookExpo America 2013 was loaded with books to please your GeekKids.
Continue ReadingWith the holiday season drawing to a close, we at GeekDad wanted to take a moment to recognize all of those that made the 12 Days of Geekmas, our own homegrown holiday, such a success this year. Thanks of course …
Continue ReadingIf you love Lego and Star Wars (and particularly Lego Star Wars) then you’ve probably already heard of DK Publishing. From their Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary to their recent record-setting Lego mosaic mural, DK clearly has a lot of …
Continue ReadingI grew up reading Childcraft and I had a particular interest in the “Green Kingdom” and “About Animals” volumes, with page after page of pictures and stories about plants and animals. This month DK Publishing has released a beautiful tome …
Continue ReadingAs the Dorling Kindersley Books website says: “Imagine this in Lego bricks!” DK Publishing, based in the UK, is looking to destroy the current Guinness Book of World Records record for building the world’s largest Lego mosaic. Here is the …
Continue ReadingOn the heels of Celebration V this past weekend, DK Publishing is releasing a comprehensive timeline of events that influenced the Star Wars series — and how the fabric of our culture was forever changed by it. Star Wars Year …
Continue ReadingThere are some books that you know you’re going to love before you even pick them up. Many times, these books fail to live up to your anticipation, and you end up disappointed. And then there’s LEGO Star Wars: The …
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