Interview with Mom’s Choice Award-Winner Justin De Witt

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We had the opportunity to chat with one of our honorees, Justin De Witt, who is co-owner of Fireside Games and designer of the Mom’s Choice Award-Winning game, My First Castle Panic! My First Castle Panic is a cooperative board game in which preschoolers work together to defend their castle from monsters coming out of the forest. My First Castle Panic fosters the development of educational skills, such as identifying colors and shapes, problem-solving, and turn-taking. If you’re looking for a perfect game to introduce your children to board games, My First Castle Panic is the game for you! Keep reading to find out more about this awesome game and its designer, Justin! Read More

Interview with Mom’s Choice Award-Winner Joni Franks

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We were able to catch up with one of our multi-award-winning honorees, Joni Franks, and see what she has been up to since we spoke to her last April! Since her last interview, she has come out with a new MCA award-winning book, The Crooked Forest: Legacy of the Holey Stone. The Crooked Forest: Legacy of the Holey Stone is a spell-binding fairytale that transports its readers in time, to a place between places, separated from reality by a crossroads, that leads to the mystical Crooked Forest, a botanical mystery as old as the earth. Read More