by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
As a budding young ballerina, I was simply in love with A Very Young Dancer by Jill Krementz. I used to just lose myself in those marvelous photos until the pages were as dog-eared as the copies in the used bookstores that now carry it. So when I saw the new Ballet...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
After falling in love with Canadian mom Kate Inglis’ writing at her personal blog Sweet Salty, it was no surprise to me that she’d write a book. But what I didn’t expect was that it would be the fantastically scrumptious morsel of kid fiction, The...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Books for Kids
Sandra Boynton’s newest character in her newest book is the sweetest, funniest, cutest critter ever: My kid. And not because his sister drew him in with my missing Sharpie.I just love Are You A Cow?, a customizable (yes, customizable) board book by world-famous,...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby, Books for Kids
There’s some sort of unspoken rule that a baby can’t be born until someone has purchased the little dude or dudette an ABC book. But let’s say you know some hipster, emo, goth, inked, or punk parents. Calming pastels and fuzzy bunnies are going to...
by Christina Refford | Books for Kids
I run with a tough crowd of Type Nerds, the kind who can spend an hour discussing the joys of Helvetica, the horrors of Comic Sans, and play an iPhone game called “Cheese or Font” (yes, this really is a game). But even for those of us who can’t...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
Everyone always asks where we find children’s books, and the truth is, the best ones always come recommended by my mother. How lucky we are to have a teacher in the family! This past weekend, my four year-old grabbed Byrd Baylor’s Everybody Needs a...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I admit that when I first saw Lynn Hirshfield’s new book, Girls Gone Green, I mistakenly assumed it was a collection of tween and teen celebrities sharing how they use eco-conscious nail polish or consume locally grown avocados in their California Rolls...
by Stephanie Slate | Uncategorized
I love books. Love them. And I love reading to my kids. But let’s say they are going to spend the weekend at their grandparents’ place. Or my husband and I decide a romantic getaway is in order (hey, it could happen). Then what would my...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
After stumbling upon the Design Your Own eggheads felt book from Beeper BeBe, I’m on the verge of nixing the whole Easter basket thing and going with Easter presents instead. because really, when you add up the price (and let’s face it, the play life) of...