Classic is defined as “judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.” When I hear the term classic books I tend to think about old dusty books from previous generations. But for classic children’s books, I think of warm and welcoming, homey and comforting, familiar and …
Toddler Car Activities In this post, I want to talk about my favorite toddler car activities that saved my sanity during long car trips. I remember being so scared as a new mom to drive long distances with my newborn. In retrospect, I would take newborn over toddler any day! Toddlers are more active and …
Audible Stories Free Audible Books Audible has released a new free listening resource called Audible Stories. Audible Stories offers free audio book streaming aimed towards kids while schools are closed. The hundreds of audio books available are a good mix of popular and classic children’s fiction and nonfiction that are available to stream on your …
Wave Book Review Wave, by Suzy Lee, is a wordless picture book about a little girl’s day at the beach. The story is told entirely by pictures, which makes sense, as author Lee is first and foremost an illustrator. She received her BFA in painting and her MA in Book Arts. Illustration The book is …
Hoppity Frog: A Slide-and-Seek Book Review Dad here again! For this go around I thought I would go back to one of my daughter’s favorite early books. The book is a simple concept, large format board book called Hoppity Frog. It easily ranks as one of the most read books for when Ava was in her first …
Does Content make a Difference? We all know that reading to infants is good, we’ve heard it from researchers, parents, doctors, baby books, etc. Reading to infants helps language and cognitive development, increased vocabulary, and other pre-reading skills that can show benefits four years later into childhood according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Reading …
Today, in honor of summer vacation, I’ve rounded up my favorite beach books for toddlers. Going to the beach is a special tradition of summer. Every year growing up my family would rent a beach house for a week or so. I have many happy beach memories: hiding water balloons under the sand and tricking …
From Back of the Bookshelf to Fan Favorite I remember buying a board book copy of the beloved children’s classic Goodnight Moon for my daughter just after she was born. I was in the midst of new child preparedness and wanted to build the perfect library for my baby. (Here’s what I ended up with!) …
Books are ideal gifts for baby showers, especially when the parents are already parents and have all the swaddles and onesies they need. But while books are always a good go-to gift, second-time parents probably already have copies of newborn book staples like Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, and most likely at …
When I sat down to write this list I already had several great books in mind. However, I did do some research to round out the article and wow, are there a lot of celebrity children’s book authors out there! From actors to athletes, musicians and reality show stars, I was very surprised to see …