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Tired of Goodnight Moon and Pat the Bunny? Expand your library with the soon-to-be classic Bears on Chairs. The endearing story of five bears learning to share four chairs is sweet, simple and guaranteed to work its way into your nightly rotation. Parents and kids alike with love Shirley Parenteau’s charming rhymes and David Walker’s [...]
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Aghast to learn that the average American kid’s I.Q. drops every summer (think lots of playing, little reading), NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof entices parents to read to & with their kids in this week’s paper courtesy of his Best Kids’ Books Ever list. The list targets middle school audiences & above (a bit too [...]
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Kids author and illustrator extraordinaire Eric Carle celebrates his 80th birthday today. The famed writer is perhaps best known for his classics The Very Hungry Caterpillar (celebrating its 40th anniversary this year) and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (originally published in 1967). Carle has written and/or illustrated over 70 titles (for a [...]
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Green is the new black. And when it comes to raising your baby green, this book is a great resource. Using bottles? Say bye bye to bad plastic. Painting your nursery? Find paints with Zero-VOC. Buying baby toys? Boycott those companies that use PVC. The book is practical and surpasses many other green guides in detail and sheer [...]
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A childhood classic – Are You My Mother follows a confused baby bird of the search for his mother? “Are you my mother?” he asks a dog, a cow, a plane and more. A sweet story that celebrates mother-child love – and a great way to show baby how much mommy loves him!
Are You My [...]
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This book is a big hit with babies, toddlers, moms and dads. Kids will love interacting with the different critters via pull tabs, flaps and several textures – spiny, soft, shiny, even smelly. Parents tired of reading about the same animals over & over again will like how this book spices it up – pangolins [...]
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Discover Uptown’s charm as the Metro-North train crosses the Harlem River in this award-winning book. Repetition (Uptown is…) makes the text read like a poem. Kids will love the vivid watercolor and collage artwork that mirrors the bright, lively city. From the brownstones that look like chocolate to the historic Apollo Theater to the local [...]
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A baby board at its most basic, First Words is interactive, engaging and deceptively simple. Each of 26 pages features one item with a picture and a title – that simple. Girl, boy, airplane, train, teddy. Kids are entranced by the pictures of everyday items. A great way to get them familiar with the basics.
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Waldo is about to get a lot easier to find. The iconic figure is making the jump to the big screen courtesy of Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment. Variety reports Universal and its partner acquired screen rights to turn the series into a live-action family picture.
Written and illustrated by Martin Handford, the Waldo series have sold [...]
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Sterling Publishing is celebrating the anniversary of Richard Scarry’s 90th birthday this summer with a 90-day bonanza of Scarry activities, giveaways and promotions. Billed as “one of the bestselling children’s authors of all time,” Scarry’s most famous series was about Busytown. He created over 300 books that sold over 200 million copies. Click here for a [...]
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