Iconoculture: Good news for manga-loving teens: Reading Warcraft can help you pass the SATs. Kaplan Publishing has partnered with TokyoPop on a manga series designed to give kids a leg up on the verbal part of the dreaded test. Psy-Comm, Von Van Hunter and other full-length graphic novels in the series are studded with highlighted words commonly used in SAT/ACT […]

The StarPhoenix: The Fly PenTop Computer is the latest LeapFrog Enterprises product for 8 -13 year-olds. This is the same company that brought us the Leapster hand-held gaming and learning tool. However, this is no simple pen — or paper. The pen, slightly larger than an ordinary Bic, is also a talking computer. The paper is, well, almost magic. Get […]

Iconoculture: DailyCandy with content that’s totally green? That would be Ideal Bite, a daily publishing website with an eco-friendly hue that intends to be “a good source of advice for real people leading busy lives.” Like the Lazy Environmentalist radio show and other down-to-earth approaches, Ideal Bite recognizes that people don’t turn green overnight, they do it one shade at […]

Iconoculture: The deliciously interactive rooms have graced some of England’s most elaborate society parties, but Staite’s Food Is Art catalog also includes one-offs like plates, tea cups, shot glasses and jewelry. Playful, whimsical and delicious? Art has never been more enticing. Consumers gravitate toward experiences that challenge and stimulate all their senses. Food Is Art claims to provoke deep thoughts […]

Westchester.com: Eighty-nine percent of parents believe that it is important for their child to be involved in hands-on activities outside of the classroom. To help parents meet these needs, The Scholastic Store, located in SoHo and Scarsdale, has created Cool-riculum, a series of fun and enrichment workshops for kids. Cool-riculum was designed to provide children with enrichment in their daily […]

Trendsetters: If you need more evidence that art is hot, you need look no further than last week’s Art Basel Miami Beach show, which attracted an eclectic mix of collectors, artists and glitterati from all over the world to the already sizzling surroundings of South Beach. While the visceral appeal of art is always high, it has reached even greater […]