These personalized children’s books are offering a new gender-neutral option, and it’s fantastic
I’m already a fan of Kabook personalized children’s books, because they allow you to insert your own child into the story — name, characteristics, favorite stuffed animal, even a photo. What better way to get kids excited about reading than seeing...
Forget Waldo, try finding your own kid in these cool custom seek-and-find books!
I can get lost (er, I mean , my kids can) in a good seek-and-find book. One that’s not so hard it’s frustrating, but not too easy that you have the whole thing solved in ten minutes. So, when I saw that Wonderbly, one of our favorite indie publishers, just...
A personalized children’s book that shows all kids that they can be anything they want.
We’re always on the lookout for children’s books that feature diverse characters, depict positive gender-neutral roles, and inspire. So I was pretty excited to discover this Kickstarter project for Seeing is Believing, a personalized picture book showing...
The new personalized books for kids that make the best birthday gifts
We discovered the cool parent-run company that creates personalized Lost My Name books for kids nearly four years ago, and became instant fans. From the gorgeous art to the compelling story, and the clever customization that makes every single book different, they...
What are words for?
One of the coolest gift ideas I’ve ever seen for bibliophiles — besides another book, of course — is Litographs’ literary tees that beautifully transpose the text of your favorite novel and print it, in its entirety, across a cotton tee (trust...
Crayon Crunch: Personalized books get kids with special needs in the story too.
We’ve mentioned before that only 3% of children’s books feature characters of color, and there are even fewer that feature kids with special needs. This makes me really sad for the millions of kids out there who want to open up a book and see someone they...
Sponsored Message: Personalized books from I See Me! make very special gifts this holiday.
This is a sponsored message from I See Me! personalized books. If you’re looking for a special, one-of-a-kind gift for your kids this holiday, check out I See Me! personalized books for kids. These award-winning books are a huge hit with children, because...
The Incredible Intergalatic Journey Home: A new personalized book that’s out of this world
When we first discovered the Lost My Name books, well, sold. They were about the most beautifully conceived, perfectly executed, personalized books for kids we had ever seen. We’ve since bought them as gifts and recommended them to tons of of our own friends. So...
Someone Special Books: Personalized books for kids with special needs of all kinds. Like making friends.
We love personalized books for kids, which always make special gifts for the kid who has everything. Also, what child doesn’t need more books in his or her library? But now we’ve discovered a publisher creating personalized books made just for kids with...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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