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March 9 is World Read Aloud Day, a day I was tuned into by Chris Singer, a great dad and beyond prolific reviewer of books over at Book Dads. The day is being organized by LitWorld, whose mission is to …
About the Dad
Alan Kercinik has been a Chicagoan his whole life and a dad since 2009. He finds it easy to relate to his two boys, since he still likes most things from his childhood. All opinions here are his own, to the relief of his wife, employer, family and majority of his friends.
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Tag Archive: Reading
Oct
17
2009
What’s Your Story?
Reading Nick Hornby makes me wonder: do writers only have one idea? And is that necessarily a bad thing?
Sep
17
2009
The Dangers Of Raising A Boy Genius
When the wife was preggers, we did the things that I imagine most about-to-be parents do. Bought What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Bandied about names. (I look forward to telling Jack how much I lobbied, a little less than …
Jul
24
2009
Five Top Book To Movie Transmorgifications
Hollywood has a long, proud history of ripping off adapting stories from all kinds of source material. Toys. Videogames. Comic books. Websites (supposedly, there is a Facebook movie in the works.) Board games. Even the NOW IN DEVELOPMENT Hong Kong Phooey, …
Jul
12
2009
To e Or Not To e. That Is The Question.
As we continue to digitize ourselves, the book is being forced in for an upgrade. I feel surrounded by e-reader converts. They gush like a Monday morning after a weekend hanging out with a new potential boyfriend. It’s just like reading …
Jul
05
2009
Hunting High and Low
With the wife at work last Saturday, I planned a father-son outing for the day. We’d convinced ourselves that the boy was already enamored of books. He kicked and giggled when we read him Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! …
May
16
2009
Story Time?
Not that long ago, I read Jack his first book. He’s eight weeks old. So while we’re certain that he is a super genius in the making, I know I did it more for me than him. But I’m kind …
May
03
2009
Who Said Parenting Isn’t Comical?
I picked up the book Alternadad by Neal Pollack the weekend before we had Jack. I thought I’d have some time to read in the hospital. That’s what everyone kept saying. “Take a book. You’ll have plenty of time.” As …