Crayon Crunch: Personalized books get kids with special needs in the story too.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

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...

The Only Child by Guojing: A beautiful new wordless book your child will love, whether they have siblings or not

by Kate Etue | Kids

Every once in a while, a children’s picture book will capture me in a way that I just don’t expect it to. The Only Child by Guojing is one that has got me right now. This beautiful story, told only through illustrations, includes a little child and snow...

Sponsored message: GiftLit curated book-a-month subscriptions let you give the gift of reading this holiday

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

This is a sponsored message from GiftLit. You really can’t go wrong when you give books over the holidays, but a special way to make your gift keep on giving all year long is a personalized subscription to GiftLit. GiftLit offers more than 100 different...

The coolest travel books for kids of all ages. Because no, we’re not there yet.

by Kate Etue | Kids

We’re getting close to the holidays, which for many families means road trips with the kids. And there’s nothing more fun, right? Hahahahha. I recently did 16 hours in the car with my three kids — each way — and lived to tell the tale. If...

This Bridge Will Not Be Gray by Dave Eggers: Why can’t all history lessons for kids be like this?

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Kids

I admit I’m a sucker for fantastic adult authors who turn their talents towards children’s books — and succeed. See also, Neil Gaiman. It’s not an easy task for sure; it’s hard to strike a balance between child-appropriate and...

6 delightfully creepy books for kids for Halloween and long, long after. If you dare.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

With Halloween coming up, I did some browsing at my local library and bookstore to find some creepy books for kids. But, I wanted books that weren’t necessarily tied to Halloween so that we could read, enjoy, and be spooked by them all year long. These six books...

How to throw an awesome space-themed party

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids, Party Ideas

If you want to know how to throw a cool, space-themed party for kids, well we’ve just done it and we’re sharing our most successful ideas here. Having just thrown a NYC launch party for the newest, space-themed title in the highly personalized Lost My Name...

The Story of Diva and Flea: 2 of our favorite children’s authors/illustrators team up and the results are wonderful.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids

At very first glance, the cover of the upcoming The Story of Diva and Flea cues some sort of classic French picture book. And then I scanned down to the author credit: As told & shown by Mo Willems and Tony DiTerlizzi. That’s when I knew, whoa. This...

Helping kids practice the fine art of patience with Waiting, the new children’s book from Kevin Henkes

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

I don’t know about you, but my kids aren’t the most patient people I know. I’m not either, for that matter, but I’m trying. I promise. And I think my kids are too. Still, it’s hard for all of us to practice waiting in a world where almost...

Someone Special Books: Personalized books for kids with special needs of all kinds. Like making friends.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids

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...