Browsing, schmowsing. Get your own piece of the cool, tasty goodness right here at the CMP Emporium. We've rounded up some of our truly favorite shops and designers, then scored you exclusive, ongoing discount codes and deals to make the acquisition even sweeter. And because they're affiliate partners of ours, when you shop the below retailers, you help us out too. Everyone wins! (But mostly you.)
Parent-owned KangarooBoo is always one of our first shopping stops on the web. at KangarooBoo |
The selection of cards and announcements from Tiny Prints make them among our very favorites. at Tiny Prints |
Get your little rockstars ready for back to school at Psychobaby at Psychobaby |
Looking for a bunch of our coolest picks in one place? Mom-owned Craftsbury Kids features one of the best selections of handmade and fair trade toys and gifts.
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 Much-lauded Sittercity provides background checks, references, and a whole list of qualified candidates for a full-time nanny or night on the town. at Sitter City |
 Organic, modern, and design savvy. |
CMP readers just go crazy for Isabubu Designs' awesome, affordable, ultrasuede booties. |
eBeanstalk is a terrific concept - year-long gift series of the best of the best learning toys for kids under 5.
cm15% for 15% off gift series at eBeanstalk |
A one stop shop for our favorite nursing supplies and accessories from Bravado, Bebe au Lait, Medela and more. at Nursing Mother Supplies |
The motherlode of cool tees awaits you at Kitsel, along with great shoes, accessories, and cool kids furniture. at Kitsel |
Get coordinated for back to school with the colorful matching bags and accessories atRoom It Up. 20% off already reduced outlet items at Room It Up |
Minted is having a sale! |
Organic and fair trade clothes, toys and other fun stuff make us love shopping at Wild Dill. at Wild Dill |
Get the hottest shoes for Fall at Vincent Shoes. non-sale items only at Vincent Shoes |
Get organized this fall with the smart and sophisticated planners from momAgenda. |
Amazing, all-natural products for pregnant, post partum, and breastfeeding mamas and their babies.
at Earth Mama Angel Baby LLC |
The gorgeous designs from Isabella Oliver are a must-have for every maternity wardrobe.
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Interested? Email kristen@coolmompicks.com for more info.
Books for moms, books for dads, books for kids and for parents who think they're kids (also called dads). Here's a selection of the fantastics books we love at Cool Mom Picks, all a click away. For adults: 15 laminated cards with instructions for simple, cute plush toys. The 1960's classic about escalating trades is restored and ready for your clever kid. An imagination-sparking adventure about friendship. Any book that includes a dating website for royalty is worth a read in our book. A book that stops the kids from fighting - what more could you need?
Oh So Helpful
Every nursery rhyme you can't remember - plus the backstories.
Your Baby
Tips for taking gorgeous baby photos without buying more expensive equipment.
Congratulations - you're a grandparent!
Book recommendations and interactive tips to raise a reader
What your best girlfriend would say, if she was a pediatrician
Now that we've named the baby, what do we name the grandparents?
Green: A great color for every baby
Save your offspring from a potential life of mediocrity
This baby-naming book takes the cake for style, originality and lip synch.
Forget Supernanny -- send me Brett Berk, stat.
A must for designers, wannabe designers, or simply parents looking for visual inspiration.
Yes, I'm alive. Now I want sleep.
100,001 baby names and lists galore to help you figure out if you've got a Jane or a Juniper.
If you think Madysynne is bad, this list of real names will have you equally howling and cringing.
250 very smart activities to keep you sane the first year, first child or not.
Great, digestible advice from 100 real moms around the country.
An engaging beginner's guide to keep you abreast (ahem) of the lastest info.
Finding the humor in breastfeeding - yes, such a thing is possible.
Celebs from Robert Redford to Will Ferrell offer simple everyday tips for greening up the place.
A funny little gift book with the poses moms will find themselves in most.
Absolutely essential new mama gift book on what, why and how to read to kids of any age.
The tome that keeps you from losing even more sleep with a newborn.
From friendship bracelets to campfire building to lists of women inventors. A modern classic.
Double the fun.
A lot of stuff about a lot of stuff
How to get out of the PTA time suck to faking it for your kid's school bake sale
Written by a man Parenting magazine called "the Al Gore of Pediatrics."
Why, I named my daughter after a Greek goddess. You can, too.
Written by Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper!) who's gone from child star to lauded mathematician
Doesn't the title tell you everything?
Um, I forgot what I was going to say about this one.
Bunnies! And Life Lessons!
Your own personal librarian.
Cool Non-Fiction
It's Not Me, It's You. Or wait, maybe it is me. A little.
Best, worst, ridiculous, and touching
Motherhood is graphic.
Blogger and author Rebecca Wolf's memoir is poignant, hilarious, and unfairly hip.
Laugh your way through the insanity. It's good for you.
A great little bathroom read. Pun intended.
Judith Warner's tome on mothering in modern times.
26 fierce essays reminding us that we all lose it at times.
A wonderfully curated anthology of spectacularly good essays... because we're in it!
Essays about women at the intersection of motherhood and social change.
34 Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond.
Watch out for those computer STDs!
Essays about how non-traditional families live and love.
Journals, Organizers and Memory Books
Embrace creativity, buck the ordinary, and - go on - destroy it.
One of the nicest adoption journals we've found
A fabulous first-year memory book, whether you fill in every page or only a couple.
Keep track of memories and report cards stylishly from K through 12
A busy mom's lifesaver. Nice looking too!
Write and Record.
The perfect place to store those belly shots you don't want in the family album
Cooler Than Your Average Pregnancy Book
Surprisingly good (and humorous) advice for getting through 9 months dry.
Frank indeed. Who else will tell you about cauliflower butt?
Complete from preconception to postnatal - only the scare tactics are missing.
How to get green when the stick turns pink. No judgment, nice.
From Liz Lange's maternity style tips to Harvey Karp on soothing a crying baby.
Activity Books
Bugs. They're big with kids. Even when they're not.
Go ahead, kids, draw on the art.
Fairy Tree House, actual size. Or so I'm told.
Budding artists go nuts for this oversized scribble book with drawing prompts for ages 3-99
When your child has graduated from Scribbles, start adding color.
"This lead paint thing is out of control. We're just going to start playing with cardboard boxes."
Crafty tweens flip for this very fun book to help you make gifts from bookmarks to pillows.
Back in my day, we played with twigs and rocks and we liked it!
Sit up and say Hey, I can make that!
Oh, YUM.
Puzzles are ranked by Flirt, Vamp and Dominatrix.
Picture Or Mostly Picture Books
Oh! what a cool book!
More scanimation, please.
Soft books for babies go green.
Wonderful participatory book for preschoolers - with a great surprise ending.
Award winning photographer Joanne Dugan brings counting to life in a Manhattan kind of way.
B is for Bagel. C is for Chrysler Building.
Not the right gift book for your one friend with no sense of humor.
We say, it beats the first book of Twinkies.
For kids obsessed with life's little unexplainables.
Metro mamas will love getting this at their shower instead of the 100th copy of Goodnight Moon
From Swimsuit to Sweater, or perhaps just Longjohns. Slide, Already!
A truly magical pop-up book to inspire creativity and imagination
A sweet little tome for your little Valentine about a melodramatic pig
The Marx Brothers meets Tin Tin - a must for any kids library.
Seeing shapes in some of the great modern art of the world.
Unexplained itching? Check this cartoon book.
An ABC Book for minimalists, modernists, and just regular kids who love animals
Beautiful cut-paper illustrations describe actions from act to zoom
Cool Story Books
Melissa Conroy's Wooberry dolls star in this tale combining photography and drawings.
Almost as fun as watching the NYC Halloween Parade on TV. Almost.
Tired of Pat the Bunny?
It's the girls who save the day.
A female pirate? Ahoy.
A sarcastic brother/sister duo tromp all over town to find their father.
A St Patrick's Day book for kids that's entirely free of green sparkles.
Adventure, True Love and Seafood.
A fresh angle on taking risks.
Buddhist lessons, beautifully illustrated
Mo Willems does it again.
This old Russian folktale comes to life beautifully
Great gift book for any baby born in 2008
The lighter - and wetter - side of politics.
A new take on alphabet books for your wonderbaby.
Purchase with confidence, feminist moms - this is the princess book for you.
The Magic Flute and six other operas come to life proving kids can like opera too.
She dreams of all the things she can be in life, slutty rock star not among them. Celeb voices in accompanying cd.
Girls with magical powers trying to save the earth. Right on.
An amazing collection, wonderfully illustrated with an accompanying CD.
Country fans will not want to miss this one.
The real story behind A League of Their Own. (Spoiler: Madonna wasn't really there.)
Junco the Woollyhoodwink contemplates the meaning of a button, and more!
The universal story of insecurity at school
Because Jamie Lee Curtis is fabulous.
You know you want to punk-out.
Anything that involves a "lost Australian mosquito" can definitely be called "unique."
Recession-friendly: 'cause it is way cheaper than plane tix.
Mind-blowing alphabet book filled with multisyllabic metaphors and modern, deep-inked illustrations.
Worthy Cookbooks
A parent-and-baby culinary feast, and suddenly, cooking is actually fun again.
Cooking for kids just got 150 recipes easier.
You'll be wonton Handstand Kids' Chinese Cookbook
If your kids have any food allergy at all, we cannot recommend a better book for baking.
The best-selling take on getting picky kids to eat veggies by hiding them in otherwise appealing recipes.
The original "hide the beets in the pancakes" cookbook - highly recommended.
No time to cook dinner? Perfect.
The original celebrity chef takes children on a worldwide culinary tour. Yum.
Oh, the things that you will cook.
If your kid lives on peanut butter, throw every other cookbook away.
Help kids tell their teglia from their tagliere.
Ready to be the mom who truly takes the cake? The recipes here are absolutely outrageous.
It delivers deliciously on what its subtitle claims: Fresh, fast, family food.
Top Chef comes to your kitchen. Yes, Sam too. (And the trivia alone is worth the price.)
Raising whole wheat kids in a white bread world.
Even kids who love their McNuggets will find this food fabulous.
Take these ideas to your school cafeteria.
Create "the best sauce in the history of sauce."
Not dumbed down.
Martha Stewart gets into the local food movement
Books for the Menfolk
Celebs, politicians and other fascinating folks answer kids' most unusual (and hilarious) questions
Frank, funny essays from humorist (and dad) Robert Wilder
If a man in your life doesn't own it by now, he should
What dad wouldn't be proud to be known as the dad who's best at everything?
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Martha Stewart gets into the local food movement
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