Go beyond ‘A is for Apple’ with Alphabetica: Odes to the Alphabet. This book of art and poetry is enjoyed by young readers and adults alike because it’s more than a simple ABC book. This stunning compilation includes beautiful graphic art, playful poems and a challenging game of I-spy on every boldly designed page.
Can’t take your children around the world? That’s completely understandable and quite alright thanks to Mike’s Adventure Packs. This series of books (and an interactive website that enhances the mission) takes children on exciting explorations of different global destinations. Throughout their journeys, children travel along with Adventure Mike and meet many friends. By transporting children continue reading…
Toyko-born, Taro Gomi continues his best-selling series that includes Scribbles, Doodles, Squiggles, and Doodle All Year. The renowned illustrator encourages young minds to think and create 30 mailable cards by using playful prompts and open-ended artwork. Ideal for artists and scribblers of every kind – it’s great for use at home or when on the continue reading…
Smories.com was conceived during an extremely long journey in a very dirty Land Rover from the Kalahari desert in Botswana to Cape Town in South Africa. Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar’s daughter occupied herself and her sister by filming herself reading Enid Blyton short stories with an iPod, and then playing them back. The brilliant continue reading…
It can’t hurt to add rich culture to your little one’s storytime routine. Oooh! Picasso, a book about seeing, allows readers to explore the imagination of a master artist and to discover that what they see depends on how they look. The book includes 48 pages of wonderful illustrations to dazzle and stimulate their extraordinary continue reading…
Introduce color, shape, and patterns in an innovative and playful way with these String Along Books from MoMA’s kid’s series. Inspired by classic stringing bead toys, this collection of 10 books done in various shapes develops motor skills and provides hours of fun play, education and stimulating entertainment.
Throw caution to the wind and forget every old wives tale you’ve ever heard, this book wants kids and parents alike to reclaim childhood. Author Gever Tulley believes that there are many “dangerous” things that are interesting, eye-opening, enlightening or just plain fun. While there are aspects of danger in virtually everything we do, his continue reading…
You know that the KidCrave crew adores well-designed children’s spaces. For Room for Children: Stylish Spaces for Sleep and Play, Susanna Salk gathered images of inspiring oases of fun that make us long to be a kid again. Shot by top photographers and designed by the industry’s leading designers, the rooms are filled with imaginative continue reading…
It may seem like useless info to you, but knowing how to handle a situation involving vampires, zombies, aliens, and dragons means something to young minds. The latest book from the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series is a hilarious handbook that’s a blast through space, time, history, and the imagination. This guide to the weird and continue reading…
We Give Books is a delightful new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don’t have them, simply by reading online. The program also helps some of the world’s best literacy organizations by spreading the word about their great work and providing books continue reading…