Noted author, interior decorator, and speaker Alexandra Stoddard has debuted a new book in time for Mother's Day: Things Good Mothers Know. I first became familiar with Stoddard when I pored over several of her books about decorating, including Creating a Beautiful...
Have you heard the buzz about An Awesome Book! by Dallas Clayton? I heard about this book from two different avenues....via the online marketing/children's product/mommy blog world that I delve into every week, as well as from my husband who saw a blurb about it via one of...
From HarperCollins' HarperFestival division comes a fun paperback just right for an Easter basket surprise: Easter Bunny in Training by author/illustrator Maryann Cocca-Leffler! This "sneak-a-peek" book has cutouts throughout its sturdy, shiny pages which let parts of the...
We love pizza. We love to make pizza. I love to make a crust from scratch, either white or whole wheat, then decide what toppings to put on it. For quick lunches, the kids also enjoy pizzas made with pita bread as the "crust." I guess you can say pizza is a routine staple at...
It's already apparent that our kids love comic books. Most of the comic books out there, however, although they boast characters the kids love (mainly because their Daddy does), are way past their age and maturity level. There had to be a simpler comic book sub-genre with...
We all know that our nation is in financial turmoil. Yet it's also sadly true that many individuals and families are in financial peril, as well. Just glance at these sobering statistics: - The credit card debt of the average American consumer is over $3,000 and of...
Chronicle Books is super excited to debut Amy Krouse Rosenthal's newest book, Duck! Rabbit! We were sent a copy to review, and in fact, it was loved so much around here that it spun off a spring unit on ducks and rabbits in our at-home preschooling! This book comes from...
I've been a fan of All Things Barbie since I was four. My very first Barbie was a ballerina Barbie, and from there, they exponentially multiplied in my toybox. At one count, when I was about 9, I had ninety-five Barbie dolls, and I could pretty much tell you their names and...
As a child, there's just something about seeing your name in print. (Though really, does it ever get old?) As a child grows and begins to know who he/she is as a person, and that he/she has a unique name, AND as he/she learns to recognize, spell it, write it, you simply can't...
I am thrilled to share with you today a company whose board books stand above the rest: The Good Night Our World book collection. These books are written as wonderful, fact-filled, interactive stories that help your child say "goodnight" to various parts of the world in which...
