If you ever visit Barbes or Colson, you may have noticed that they have promoted the fun “kids” (really it’s for everyone) album Songs for Unconventional Creatures and companion book. It turns out it is… Read More »More Unconventional Brilliance by Michael Hearst
Well, summer is almost over (believe it or not) and we will be officially back to school very soon (we hope)! If you’re anything like us, your family has probably been full of big emotions… Read More »Back-to-School Picture Books
I kept a journal (still do) for my first child to mark milestones, funny things she said, and moments that could be of interest someday when she reads it as an adult. I imagine her… Read More »Journaling Our Lockdown for My Unborn Son
There are a LOT of parenting books out there. I know because I read them for reviews on this site. Many of them say the same things in different ways. Here are five that… Read More »The Top Five Parenting Books Actually Worth Reading
Before this lockdown, I received several books for review from one of my favorite small presses, Workman. They publish Sandra Boynton, which is just a never-ending stream of joy. That lady never stops. Anyway, they… Read More »Indestructibles: Great Baby Book Gifts
The world is not in need of more pregnancy guides, yet they keep publishing them. The latest gives us a “millennial’s” take on the classic questions and choices of every pregnancy. Leslie Schrock mixes it… Read More »Bumpin’ : A Modern Pregnancy Guide
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There is no male or female brain, only physiological and personality traits that individually appear more (sometimes barely more) often in people of the male or female sex. That means it is not too unusual… Read More »There is No Male or Female Brain
I promised a review of Sandra Boynton’s latest board book, Dinosnores (released today), so here it is! It’s a great one. I’m still loyal to But Not the Hippopotamus and The Going to Bed Book,… Read More »Sandra Boynton, Dinosnores, and the Best Twitter Feed
Sharing- should we expect our kids to do it? I have a confession to make: many books written by colleagues sit in a pile on my desk, half- or never-read. I can barely get through… Read More »Sharing with “Duck & Goose”