Here are some cool new books from Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press. The new, independent publisher is based in London and has come up with the interactive Noodle series by Marion Billet as well as the hardcover story of Dinosaur Dig!
Noodle Loves To Cuddle and Noodle Loves Bedtime are the cutest board books [...]

Yay! Here’s another audiobook from the Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle’s classic Bear books series. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? It’s the third installment narrated by Gwyneth Paltrow and beautifully packaged with vibrant colors.
A Bald Eagle soars, a Spider Monkey swings, a Macaroni Penguin struts, and a Red Wolf sneaks through [...]

Have your baby put on their shades and get ready to jam. New board book Rockin’ Babies takes a child on a journey to imagine the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Authors Cynthia Weil (lyricist) and her family therapist mom Dr. Jenn Berman have collaborated humor into 20 pages of this book.
(Watch the video on the [...]

Get creative with flowers! Klutz’s Fabulous Flowers By Anne Akers Johnson is a book with can’t-go-wrong instructions for life-sized, dimensional, paper blossoms. Make roses, daisies, daffodils, hibiscus, zinnias, cosmos, poppies, and larkspur with the materials included. So what do you get?
There’s 20 pages of ready-to-punch-out paper petals, sparkly flower centers, wrapped wire stems, glue, and [...]

When you’re pregnant, you want to know any information on motherhood you can get your hands on. Well, at least I did. The Hot Moms Handbook: Laugh And Feel Great From Playdate To Date Night…is a good light read that will supply some personal insight, tips and links to sites that can help with preparing [...]

Hey Charlie and Lola fans, there is a new picture book, collectible DVD set and dolls now available. I’ve been a fan since watching the television series on the Disney channel and now that I have the Charlie & Lola: Absolutely Completely Complete Seasons One and Two on DVD, my kids are too. The set [...]

For the child interested in learning about the Earth’s environment and the fishing industry today’s book is World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky.
WORLD WITHOUT FISH is a family book—Mark’s 10-year-old daughter and fishing companion, Talia, vetted each chapter to ensure that it would be equally enjoyable to children and adults—that explains how and why the [...]

I’m always for supporting small businesses, especially if they sell unique products. Little Toader is a Florida-based company that is one of them. Their Storybook PJs are a hit with my 2-year-old. You get a board book and a 100% cotton sleep suit which correlates to the images of the storyline. My daughter was pretty [...]

Rocket Town is a sophisticated board book for all ages. The drawings are “hip”, modern and highly stylized.. and no wonder, the author Bob Logan is a Dreamworks story artist who has worked on Madagascar and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.
The story tells of an astronaut and his canine companion driving through their pickup [...]

Beautiful Blue Eyes is the follow up to Marianne Richmond’s Beautiful Brown Eyes. A large hardcover book, inside you’ll find soft watercolor drawings and rhyming prose.
“I watched, and I waited
as your eyes chose their hue,
deciding in time
on their beautiful blue.
Blue as a butterfly
or the sparkling sea.
Blue as the bluebird
who sings in her tree.”
Reading it, I [...]

Kristi Yamaguchi has written her first children’s book. Dream Big, Little Pig! It’s a story about Poppy the Pig who has lots of dreams and follows them with a positive attitude.
She attempts modeling and dancing but is told “to try something else.” It turns out that when she goes ice skating, she finds her niche. [...]

Jennifer Fosberry’s new book My Name Is Not Alexander is now out and it delivers the same vibrant illustrations and style as her other work, My Name Is Not Isabella.
From the moment Alexander wakes up in bed, he goes through an imaginary trip through history and pretends to be some of the innovative men who [...]

This is the coolest activity book I’ve seen in a long time. Papertoy Monsters is a paper-folding book created by Brian Castleforte and 24 papertoy designers. Inside are colorful pages filled with 50 die-cut monsters that you can pop out, fold and glue.
Even as a parent, I’m excited to get going on building these creations. [...]

My daughter likes to put on shoes and she’s only two. That’s why it’s no surprise that she likes the book Shoe-La-La.
Follow four friends, Emily, Ashley, Kaitlin, and Claire as they go shoe shopping.
“Shoes with zippers, Shoes with straps, Shoes with buckles, Shoes with taps!”
The girls try on many different pairs before deciding what to [...]

Love cows? The newest book by Sandra Boynton, Amazing Cows!, is chock full of jokes, limericks, and puns.
The press release says you’ll get “two cow stories, three cow poems, eleven or so cow jokes, one cow myth, a cow comic book, and way too many unexplained chickens!”   You’ll also get humor, imagination, introductions to famous [...]