Kids

Design your own booties. C'mon, you know you want to.

Design your own booties. C'mon, you know you want to.
I've never been one to coordinate every aspect of my baby's clothes, which is obvious based on the blue socks, pink pants, and yellow onesie my newborn is sporting right now. But I will say there have been times when I've bought some pretty groovy special occasion outfits and found myself without a baby shoe to match.

Enter Cute Baby Shoes' brand new design your own leather booties service. Choose from array of solid colors, specify where you want them, and in a few weeks (or a little more), you'll have a really nice quality soft-sole booties designed just for you. All for the price of the premade ones that would be just perfect if only that soccer ball/butterfly/fire truck wasn't on there. -Kristen

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Shannon Hale is the bestselling author behind The Princess in Black series. It's a favorite early chapter book series for kids ages 5–8 and boys love it as much as girls do. Her newest book, Princess in Black and the Trick or Treating Trouble, comes out just in time for Halloween. We talked with her about it as part of our Q&A author series and asked about a few of her favorite things too.

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Q&A with children's author Sophie Blackall

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