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The perfect board book for baby's first Valentine
If you're looking for a ridiculously adorable Valentine for your baby too young for sweets, we've got just the thing. And it's not edible.
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A new holiday tradition, and it involves cake!
I love teaching my children about different cultures and how to appreciate the beauty of family traditions. This lesson is most important around the holidays.
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The paper book that's as interactive as a digital one
With all the cool apps and e-books on my iPad, I sometimes worry that my kids will have a hard time appreciating real books. But then I find ones that remind me that children's books can be just as engaging, if not more, than the ones with all the technological bells and whistles.
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Simple, seasonal crafts for the not-so-crafty
Back before I had kids, I was actually pretty crafty. But add four bundles of joy and I'm struggling to think of something to make for dinner, let alone what to do with empty egg cartons.
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Because kids really do say the darndest things
Between a personal blog, a paper journal, Facebook and my memory, I have plenty of places to jot down those hilarious things my kids say. The problem is, I have too many places.
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Why you should look for The Man in the Moon
Author/illustrator William Joyce has created such a gorgeously illustrated, fanciful story about the man in the moon legend that it has become an instant classic in my household.
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U is for Underground - That's our kind of ABC Book
M isn't for mustache. I checked. But if you dig retro-modern design and a book that feels like buttah, you're going to want this one for your kid's bookshelf... or your own coffee table.
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A children's book worth a thousand words
The Conductor is the kind of children's book I've always adored having in our collection; it's richly illustrated, with a story that kids can appreciate in different ways at different ages. It's got another aspect I happen to like a lot too: there's not a single word in it.
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Judging a book by its cover
If you're a bibliophile like me, then you know that nothing smells as good as an old book. Age, ink, paper, maybe a dash of cracked leather cover. But we've discovered a gorgeous trio of classics with a redesign so spectacularly beautiful that... well... the new books kind of take the cake.
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There was an old lady who lived in a graphic novel...
My middle son loves graphic novels. It really gets him excited about reading, and I'm certainly down with that. I want him to excitedly pick out a book from the library and read it on the ride home.
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A little bitty, crumbly-jumbly sweet treat of a book
What do you get when you combine a kindhearted elephant, some hard-working mice, and the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of Click Clack Moo?
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