My board-gaming family geeked out just a little this week, getting our hands on our very own personalized board game, Our Family's Race Across the U.S.A . For my kids, a new board game is always fun...but one with their own photos as the…
After attending the NY Toy Fair each year, there's always one product I'm really excited about having discovered, making me want to run back to my laptop and share it with you all immediately. While there were actually quite a few great …
This is a sponsored post on behalf of these brands showing at 2018 Toy Fair We always look forward to attending the annual Toy Fair in New York, when the hottest of the hot toy trends for each year are revealed to us all. The big event k…
This is a sponsored message from Candlewick Press It's here, it's here! Splish, Splash, Ducky has hit the stands, ready to mesmerize your little ones with interactive prose and friendly drawings from New York Times best-selling author Lu…
It's Black History Month and hopefully you and your children are spending time learning and celebrating our nation's Black inventors and innovators , activists and leaders . There are just so many wonderful children's books about African…
Considering this cold weather in the northeast shows no signs of going anywhere (keep it to yourselves, SoCal friends!) I continue to collect collecting plenty of indoor activities to keep the kids busy . We've loved OMY's giant coloring…
Inflatable pool floats have certainly got a hipster makeover over the past few years. So why not inflatable pools? Aha! Chicago designer Emily Vaca has created a line of Minnidip Inflatable Pools for that very reason. She stayed away fro…
It's been a long, cold, snowy -- did I mention cold? -- winter for lots of us and yeah. I'm done with that. So just perusing out the collection of new TOMS spring shoes is giving me joy. Like proof that I only have to bide a few more wee…
Today is World Read Aloud Day (or for those of us on social media, #WorldReadAloudDay) and there are so many great ways to celebrate with your kids. And not just today, either! When you consider how essential a love of reading is to a ch…
As avid advocates of diverse books of all kinds, but especially diverse children's books, we work hard to share carefully curated lists of children's books. Our amazing writers have shared impressive lists of wonderful books about divers…
I've always loved the artful, fun kids' toys and gifts from eeBoo, and now I've got one more reason to love them: The 500 piece Women March! puzzle that's coming out in spring of this year. Prolific illustrator Jennifer Orkin Lewis (you …
As a new mom, I'm excited to see a growing trend toward empowering children's books and magazines, especially ones that encourage kids to discover their own unique voices and interests. My latest favorite discovery is Bravery Magazine , …
Each year, Black History Month is a wonderful time for Americans to celebrate the historical achievements and contributions of Black people in this country. But I dream of a time that these achievements will be given equal representation…
Just when you were thinking the unicorn trend was passing...haha, just kidding! With all our Lisa Frank loving hearts, we all know that unicorns will never go out of style! And that's just one of the reasons I was so excited to find thes…
As a strong proponent of bookshelves filled with diverse books -- in our libraries, our schools, and certainly at home -- I've become much more aware of not seeking out books featuring heroes of color, but ensuring that a diverse group o…
It's become devastatingly clear that not everyone recognizes Haiti as the naturally beautiful, culturally rich, nation that it is. Not to mention a resilient one, as we commemorate the 8-year anniversary today of the massive Port-au-Prin…
This is my favorite recurring post every year on Cool Mom Picks, in which we collect all the best children's books of 2017 lists from all over the internet -- from big publications like the New York Times to our favorite indie bloggers w…
The truth is, we want to give a shout out to the many wonderful children's authors this year who dedicated their energies to supporting, uplifting, and empowering girls -- and to those publishers who gave them the opportunity. But the on…
This year we featured a few super cool card games that we just can't stop playing with our own families. And no, we're not talking Go Fish or Gin-Rummy! So we decided the awesome family card game trend deserves a spot on our Editor Top 1…
We knew you when, Mindy Thomas! Well, she was already a huge star on Kids Place Live, but now her new NPR podcast with co-host Guy Raz has blown up the airwaves. And for good reason. Wow in the World is a truly fantastic listen for kids …
The second we spotted these Unicorn Vans in bigger kid sizes, we knew they would make our kids freak out. And well, they did, along with our Facebook fans, and their lucky kids. See the rest of our Editor Top 10 Picks of the Year here! N…
If your house is covered in LEGOs like our homes are covered in LEGOs, you're probably as excited as we were to discover this LEGO tape . Yes, your kids can actually stick it to surfaces, then build on it with their LEGO blocks, which is…
I grabbed the game Superfight for this year's summer road trip with my kids , and we've haven't been able to stop playing it. So if you're looking for a fun, no-skill-required game to play with family over the holidays, bring to parties,…
A new pair of Christmas pajamas for babies (and kids!) is an annual tradition for so many families. Since I was a little girl, our own family gave a new pair of Christmas pjs every Christmas eve as the one gift we could open early. It al…