Author: NW Kids

As a mom and a self-defense teacher, the concept of keeping our kids safe in the online world has always been interesting but somewhat perplexing.

Since 2004 Black Wagon have been purveyors of the coolest in kids fashion, art, toys and games. In 2006 they opened on Mississippi Avenue and have become a neighborhood (and beyond) mainstay for Portland families looking for great stuff for any occasion.

By Maya Barbon The moment I walked into the Portland Center for Performing Arts to see Fancy Nancy, I knew this would be, by far, the fanciest Oregon Children’s Theatre show I’d seen.

It’s always a treat for our family to go to a play at Northwest Children’s Theater and Little Red “Riding Hood” was no exception.

It’s parade season and we’ve got the fever. Marching bands, floats, pets on parade, glow-in-the-dark costumes, crazy rainbows and a ton of community spirit equal a whopping good time.

Northwest publisher, Sasquatch Books, has a new children’s imprint called Little Bigfoot which has recently published a bounty of books perfect for the Pacific Northwest! Here are just a few:   Portland ABC: A Larry Gets Lost Book By John Skewes (Hardcover $14.

By Silvia Smart, Tulen Center I couldn’t hear myself think. Parents shouting. Fans screaming. The gym was shaking.

Photo by Owen Carey Oregon Children’s Theatre’s world premiere of Zombie in Love will totally eat your brain…er…worm its way into your heart.

1. Help keep our beaches pristine and litter free with the annual Solve Spring Beach Clean-up on the Oregon Coast.

Reviews by Cat Wiese and Earl Dizon of Green Bean Books   Spoonful! By Benoit Marchon (Board Book $7.