So Far, So Good: 10 Great Picture Books of 2017
Perhaps you’ve noticed that we bring you a list of our favorite new books every month. It doesn’t happen by…
Picture Books
6 Great Soft Cloth Activity Books
Let’s face it: conventionally published books are terrific until you try to use them for anything other than conveying information.…
Jan Brett’s The Mermaid Takes Goldilocks Under the Sea
Only an author and illustrator as gifted as Jan Brett could manage to make a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three…
7 Picture Books About Butterflies
Butterflies are colorful, beautiful, and fascinating. Whether they’re learning about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, or journeying along…
We Rank Our 10 Favorite Frog and Toad Stories
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5 Picture Books with a Focus on Compassion and Hope
These five picture books empower young children to make a difference in their world, in the simplest of ways. What…
September’s Best New Picture Books
School is back in session—snack time, recess, and naptime are all in vogue once again. Bedtime has rolled back a…
5 Picture Books to Help Little Ones Ease Back to School
While we’re still enjoying those last lazy summer days, it’s time to start thinking about heading back to school in…
3 Tips for Teaching Mindfulness to Kids: A Guest Post by Meditate with Me: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Journey Author Mariam Gates
I wrote Meditate with Me: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Journey as a ‘How to’ for kids. I wanted to create a…
9 Books for Kids Excited About the Total Solar Eclipse
On August 21, 2017, parts of the United States will fall under the path of a total solar eclipse—an event…
5 Picture Books to Dive Into for Fun, Safe Swimming
As the parent of a water-shy child who doesn’t want to put her face in the water, I’m always on…
6 Chill Picture Books to Keep You Cool This Summer
It’s midsummer and you’ve probably done everything you can think of to cool yourself and the kids down by now—trips…
August’s Best Picture Books
There’s no denying it. Not even a spontaneous breeze can change the facts: we have now reached the sweaty, sticky,…
5 Buoyant Balloon-Themed Picture Books
Once when my daughter was about four, we were leaving the county fair with her balloon when the wind picked…
5 Picture Books to Read if You Have a Clifford Fan in the House
My preschooler is the kind of kid who loves to remind everyone what the rules are. So, she can’t get…
5 Books to Help Motivate Kids to Exercise
Exercise can improve almost every part of a person’s life, or so I’ve heard. From sleep to self-confidence, sharpening memory…
Celebrating Shelter Dogs: A Guest Post From Found Dogs Author Erica Sirotich
I adopted Russell Redfur a year after graduating from college. A wiry Muppet of a dog, Russ found me the…
5 Picture Books to Read Under the Big Top
With the recent closing of The Ringling Brothers, it seems that the circus has become part of a bygone era.…
Our Favorite Fictional Fish
There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but there are just as many swimming around in the vast…
July’s Best Picture Books
It’s summer—every parent’s favorite time of year. Maybe temperatures are still soaring where you are at 8pm, and darkness is…