New from McSweeney's/McMullen's comes a board book like no other, I guarantee it. Keep Our Secrets (to be read in a whisper) by Jordan Crane will be heralded by children everywhere as a "magical" book. The "secret" to this book is heat-sensitive black ink. The pressure or...
The whimsical, magical prose by Robert Louis Stevenson has for generations expertly captured the spirit of childhood in the most perfect way. His most beloved and recognizable work, A Child's Garden of Verses, has been published in a beautiful gift-giving volume by...
The trendsetting and discussion-inducing book by Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant, has been re-released in a keepsake hardcover edition, filled with modern illustrations by artist Laura Carlin. This tale, a favorite our our son's, spotlights a mysterious metal "man" (robot) who...
I have always been a fan of Japanese art -- cute little animals, people, personified objects -- all things kawaii. {Kawaii = "Kawaii is a word that originated in 1970s Japan when schoolgirls adopted the term to describe everything cute. This word is now understood...
Do you have a little superhero living at home? Some days we do here. A towel thrown over shoulders becomes a cape, and a stick from the backyard becomes an instant scepter. Our vivacious son or imaginative daughter is suddenly transformed into a super-powered world changer....
Raise your hand if you're a child of the 80s and grew up reading Shel Silverstein's poems. I know I did! The school library's copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends was highlighted, underlined, and dogeared mercilessly. I love Silverstein's work! He's witty, he's entertaining,...
Billy Graham, long-time evangelist and Christian speaker, is not young anymore -- in fact, he was born on the same day and year af my own grandfather, so I know exactly how old he is: 93. Just because he's quite advanced in age does not mean that he has quit influencing...
New from Scholastic Storybook Treasures comes a 3-DVD set featuring the best of the Caldecott medal and Caldecott honor winners! Caldecott Favorites includes twenty visually stunning, animated stories on three DVDs...one of which is a favorite story around...
A hefty, substantial, oversized treasure can soon be a part of every coffee table -- especially those belonging to educators, botanists, artists, and everyone who just enjoys days of old. The Art of Instruction is a pieced together anthology of over 100 vintage classroom...
A hilarious new book from Tom Lichtenheld & Ezra Fields-Meyer is bound to make your tongue twist -- and your kids get terrifically tickled! E-mergency! is the side-splitting story of what would happen if the letter E was ever injured and out of commission for a while. It...
