The ultimate list of the best kids’ books of 2015: All the annual best-of lists and award winners all in one place.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

We’ve loved our annual new year tradition of compiling the best kids’ books of the year, thanks to all the major (and not entirely major) best-of lists and big children’s book awards of 2015 from publications, experts, and organizations we respect....

One-word New Year’s resolutions: The trick to making one you can finally keep. | Spawned Ep 27

by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast

This week on the Spawned Podcast, we closed out our year (or, we’re opening the new one if you’re listening now) with a really good talk about New Year’s resolutions: The good, the bad, and the very very broken. First, don’t call them...

Last-Minute holiday shipping deadlines: Because yep, we’re still shopping, too.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

It’s just four days until Christmas and even the procrastinators are sweating. Yes, we are talking about our ourselves. Since we don’t think we are alone in the holiday hustle, we’ve been scouring the web to find out the shipping deadlines of some...

The best of the Cyber Monday Deals: More than 80 amazing deals from our favorite shops, big and small

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Okay, let’s be honest. Cyber Monday deals are kind of like Black Friday deals, since now all the great shopping deals are available online anyway, and even last more than a day or two. Not that we’re complaining. So we’ve put together the best of the...

The best Black Friday deals: Shop right from your couch!

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

If you’re looking for some of the best Black Friday shopping deals and discounts around the web, we’ve rounded them up for you right here, along with the best Black Friday tech deals over on Cool Mom Tech.We’ll continue to update the post all day...

40 really really cool gifts for kids under $15 that don’t feel like stocking stuffers. Promise.

by Cool Mom Team

Every year, we look for the most amazing affordable gifts for kids we can find, and this year, along with lots of others you’ll see throughout our guide, we’ve put together an entire list of 40 cool kids’ holiday gifts under $15. We’re talking...

12 adorable winter jackets to keep your kids warm and dry: Reader Q & A

by PJ Feinstein | Kid Style

Hey, Cool Mom Picks: Any good recommendations for a waterproof winter jacket for my preschooler? I’m starting to realize it’s probably going to get cold on the East Coast fast! Thanks! – Leah, via the Cool Mom Picks Facebook page UPDATE: Please see...

2015 National Book Awards: The 10 longlist finalists for Young People’s Literature

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Books for Kids

This week the National Book Awards were announced, and now we’ve got about a million hours of reading ahead of us. But we wanted to share the 10 longlisted finalists in Young People’s Literature, from nearly 300 that were submitted, should your teens...

Should you pay your kids for chores? Ohhhh the various opinions.

by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast

Sometimes we agree on topics, sometimes we disagree, and sometimes we just figure it out as we talk it out. Sometimes, it’s all three! Which is in part why we think you’ll really enjoy this week’s discussion on the Spawned podcast about kids’...

Smart tees for kids that will make teachers happy in more ways than one

by Christina Refford | Kid Style

We imagine that nothing makes a teacher happier than seeing their students light up about a subject, ready to learn more. Whether you’ve got a number lover, a big reader, a mini scientist, or an artist-in-residence — or maybe a mix of all of the above...