A few of my favorite things, now in flashcard form

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

More than 100 awesome baby gifts abound in our new Baby Shower Gift Guide, but if that isn’t enough for you, then you might want to add the new My Favorite Things Flash Cards to your wish list.Petit Collage creator Lorena Siminovich’s gorgeous designs are...

We built this city on nouns and verbs

by Mir | Books for Kids

The first thing I thought when I checked out the Grammaropolis website is that it’s like Grammar Rock and the Mr. Men books had an adorable love child. You’ve got the catchy music, the little cartoon parts of speech (the verb is a superhero ready for...

But, MY Teen Tells Me Everything. (Uh-huh.)

by Leah | Books for Kids

Why are we talking about teens? Because every single one of your tiny bundles of joy are going to grow up to be one, and you might as well know what you’re getting into. Trust me, you’re going to want to know this stuff. In 35 Things Your Teen Won’t...

Olivia – the book becomes a show becomes a book

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

We’re huge Olivia fans ’round these parts – the book is a well-worn favorite at bedtime, and the Olivia TV series is a special treat. So I was so happy to see a new book hit the shelves recently starring our favorite difficult swine – Olivia...

A pocket full of books

by Mir | Books for Kids

Games on the iPhone are nice, having books on hand make you feel a little less guilty about trying to keep the kid occupied on mile-long supermarket checkout lines. Now you can always have books on hand without carting around pounds of hardbacks: PicPocket Books...

Not your same old Nutcracker story

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

We’ve amassed quite the collection of Christmas-themed picture books, but I’m always on the lookout for cool new titles to replace some of the ones we were given when the kids were little (I’m looking at you, Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Merry...

Last minute gift idea – A book of the month club with no lame choices

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Last year, we recommended the Gift Lit book of the month series as a cool children’s gift, and it still is. But it makes smart last-minute gift for a fully grown adult too.You can just tell the thoughtful book choices in each series have been curated by a panel...

A trip around the world this Christmas for $19.99? Sign me up.

by Stephanie Slate | Books for Kids

I don’t do much overseas traveling. Okay, none, really. And I can’t even blame my kids, since I barely did it before they were born, either. A passionate desire for a reduced carbon footprint or sheer laziness? I’ll let you decide.  But, I...

Love the children’s book? Get the artwork.

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

We’ve been keeping our eyes open for those extra special holiday gifts, like for a baby’s first Christmas. I’m very intrigued by Picture Book Originals which offers which offers original illustrations and signed giclee prints from children’s...

Oh! what a cool book

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Browsing the Picasso Museum gift shop in Barcelona last week (I know, totally rubbing it in) I came across the most wonderful little book called Oh! by Josse Goffin. I had an idea that my two year-old wouldn’t be able to put it down and indeed, that’s just...

And then he ate the naughty children. The end.

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Pat the Bunny is the essential baby gift book for about a zillion people–including me–so it’s not surprising that it’s spawned a number of parodies. Now there’s one more to add to the list: The very funny Pat the Beastie. Henrik...

More scanimation, please.

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

I am so excited about artist Rufus Butler Seder’s third “scanimation” book, Waddle!. Um, I mean my kids are.If you’re not familiar with these so cool they’re almost magic books, they blend engaging rhyming prose about animals with graphic...