Old and new children’s books that we love for their enchanting stories and illustrations
As I previously wrote about, we LOVE Lisa Mantchev’s book, “Strictly No Elephants.” Since we’ll have a 3-month old in tow this Halloween, I wanted to put together a super comfortable, cute, and easy to assemble (e.g. available thru Amazon Prime so I don’t even …
There’s a dang national day for everything now; it’s ridiculous (and a little bit amazing too, especially if you celebrate important dates with cake like I do.) But the story behind the establishment of National Talk Like a Pirate Day is one of the greatest …
Click here to download: Artist Self Portrait Memory Isla’s been obsessed with the game Memory for awhile, and it’s one kids’ game that doesn’t feel mind-numbing for us adults to play along with too! So, we made our own Artist Self Portrait Memory game, starting …
So much of my life revolves around words: I was an English major, I’m finishing up my M.A. in composition, I work in communication/marketing. So, I was SHOCKED by how much I enjoyed Jihyeon Lee’s wordless picture book, Pool. It’s the story of two children who …
I’m going to make a bold statement here: this is my favorite board book. I could be wrong. I might see another on our bookshelf later today and realize I forgot someone important. But for now, this is the one I’m always recommending to people, …
Have you heard of capsule wardrobes? They are my new obsession! Unfortunately, while I’m stuck in pregnancy purgatory and waiting to see what my new body is going to look like (32 days to go, but who’s counting?), I’m not letting any clothes in or …
We’re back from our trip to Washington! Sadly, we didn’t manage to make any whale-watching trips happen–too expensive, and too time consuming. So I guess for us, if you want to see a whale, you’ve got to have about $400 and 12+ hours to spare. Ah …
Today we’re inspired by Dan Santat’s charming picture book, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. It’s the tale of an imaginary friend who’s just waiting and hoping to finally be imagined by a real child. When he grows impatient of waiting, he takes it upon …
We’ve got an upcoming long weekend in Seattle/Victoria planned, so it seemed an appropriate time to break out Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead’s If You Want to See a Whale. With this semester of grad school wrapping up and a new business to run, …