Know a soon-to-be big sister/brother? Looking for a new baby gift? I USED TO BE FAMOUS (Tara Luebbe/Becky Cattie/Joanne Lew-Vriethoff) addresses the inevitable shift in familial time/attention following with a delightful story that highlights future sibling fun to come! 💕

SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE! HOW THE US GOVERNMENT WORKS...and how it all comes together to make a nation (Syl Sobel) is comprehensive, concise, well organized, engaging & focused on the reader’s role as citizen. Awesome Resource Guide helps complete lesson planning 😄🇺🇸

An unexpectedly reluctant swimmer discovers the joy of swimming & splashing with friends in THE QUIET CROCODILE GOES TO THE BEACH (Natacha Andriamirado/Delphine Renon) My kids ❤️ Quiet Crocodile & his 24 creatively named & outfitted friends who also make for great counting fun!

Absolutely ADORE this charming book 😍 OTTO AND PIO (Marianne Dubuc) are an unlikely pair brought together by necessity & kept together by mutual affection. A sublime tale of how family is formed & love grows; beautifully illustrated & filled with humor, struggle, & triumph.

Kids & I LOVED this super fun chapter book about a modern, magical fairy mom whose spells go amiss in the silliest, funniest possible way. A great book for introducing kids to the joys of a longer read!😄 ✨FAIRY IN WAITING✨ (Sophie Kinsella/Marta Kissi)

My kids are in love with ✨HIDE-AND-SLEEP✨ (Lizi Boyd) Fun, quirky, beautiful art. Creative flaps that uncover animals in their environments. Lots of things to spot. And gentle pacing with sweet bedtime ending. It’s instantly a endearing and my kids can’t get enough of it. 💕

Looking for a unique book for introducing seasons? SEASONS: TURN, SEEK, FIND (Philip Giordano) is an oversized, interactive boardbook with bold, graphic art that emphasizes color & shape in clever hunt for seasonal items. It’s eye-catching, engaging & a lot of searching fun!

If you’re looking for a new book to introduce colors, look no further! COLORS (Jacques Duquennoy) has two adorable characters painting pictures in bold colors. Use of acetate overlay pages let’s kids finish “painting” the pictures & marvel at finished shapes. Super fun read!

✨FEELINGS: a Pull-the-Tab Book✨ (Alice Le Henand/@ThierryBedouet) is clever & wonderfully executed book for young kids! Pulltabs are used to illustrate emotional shifts as text guides kids through each situation; encourages kids to talk about feelings & problem solve situations

✨GUITAR GENIUS: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World✨ (Kim Tomsic/Brett Helequist) is a story of creative engineering, novel ideas, persistence, patience, & belief in one’s self Super fun book to read with fascinating info! Kids love it!

So moved by A FRIEND FOR HENRY (Jenn Bailey/Mika Song)—a sweet story about a child on the autism spectrum finding that special peer who can be called a friend. This is the first time I’ve seen my childhood self (daughter & I are on the spectrum) in a book... cue happy tears 💕