"Geek Mom offers far more than a chance for Mama to simply get her nerd on. It is full of projects and advice, home-science experiments and superheroes, games and tips. And even if you've never cracked a Sci-Fi book or seen an episode of
Battlestar Gallactica, if you're a creative, clever, thoughtful parent, you'll dig this book."
--BabiesGottaHaveIt.com"No matter where you flip to in the book, you're bound to pick up a useful tidbit to fill up a snowy Sunday afternoon or a cool fact to wow your children. Best of all, the content is short and snappy. Topics are just the right length for that bedtime bite before you pass out at the end of a long day."
--San Juan Parent"Written by the editors of Wired's Geek Mom blog, this book offers a wide range of activities for geeky families: role-playing games, cooking, costume-making, science projects, and crafts."
--Mark Frauenfelder, author of Made by Hand, editor of Make magazine, and founder of BoingBoing.net "Every mom needs a copy of Geek Mom. Whether you're open about your geekiness or still in the closet, you'll love it!"
--ImNotTheNanny.com"There are ... projects that involve electronics, explosions and computers, so don't go thinking that being from moms makes the projects less cool in any way." --
ALibraryMama blog"
Geek Mom is ADORABLE. It's filled with fantasy and science-y games, projects, and activities for parents, kids, and anyone who wants to feel like a kid again! I can't wait to share this with my son."
-- Danica McKellar, actress and bestselling author of Math Doesn't Suck and Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape"Make a monster! Throw a hobbit feast! Learn to LARP!
Geek Mom shows you how to share fun projects with the next gen of artists, scientists, and tinkerers!"
-- Bonnie Burton, author of The Star Wars Craft Book and host of Geek DIY web series"Calling all mom geeks: Want to boost your kids' imagination and have some fun together too? The women behind the excellent blog Geek Mom have collaborated on a new book for families."
--Parade"The four women behind the
Wired GeekMom blog…have put together a guide…full of tips for science-minded parents and their curious kids or, say, you. So skip the potato battery in favor of cooler ideas, like a homemade lava lamp."
--Wired"Whether you're a homeschooler, an avowed geek, or just a parent looking to try something new and interesting with a science or science fiction-minded child, this book is bound to be dog-eared and scribbled in and splattered with bits of food from a Hobbit feast. If there's one thing we geeks know how to do, it's have fun while learning."
--CoolMomPicks.com
Natania Barron, Kathy Ceceri, Corrina Lawson, and Jenny Williams are the cofounders and senior editors of GeekMom.com, a website where women can celebrate their geeky interests and discuss issues important to mothers of geeky kids. Today the GeekMom blog's loyal followers--men and women, parents and others--flock to hear them talk at conventions around the country. In addition to its editors, the
GeekMom blog has more than twenty regular and occasional writers from across the United States, Canada, and Europe. This is the first joint book project for the four coauthors.
