Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
- Claude Monet
Dad Suggests was created to share with others the many different things that we have loved sharing with our own children.
Our hope is that - by reading or visiting our children’s bookstore - you will find something special to enjoy with your own family.
- Ryan
Welcome to the 2025 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket! Make your picks for the chance to win some great books.
Today we have an interview with the wonderfully talented picture book author and illustrator Flavia Z. Drago - the creator of The World of Gustavo picture books!
It’s the 7th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! It’s time to list the top 10 best picture books of 2024 - and decide which picture book came out on top this year!
Discover our favorite holiday picture books of 2024! It’s one of the biggest book lists of the year for us, and choosing the best Christmas book of the year was not easy this time!
We sit down to interview Candido Crespo - the founder of the creativiDAD project that aims to get dads to get creative and artistic with their children!
We recently had the chance to ask newly published picture book author Justin Colón a few questions. Hope you enjoy our conversation!
We’re back with our annual list of the very best picture books for Halloween! The 2024 edition of our list once again includes the 13 (get it?) best Halloween picture books released this year.
Fayetteville, Arkansas will once again be participating in a nationwide shop local event centered around the Where’s Waldo? books published by Candlewick Press. Visit all of the participating stores, find waldo, and share your pictures on social media for a chance to win the grand prize!
It’s time for picture book madness! It’s the 2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket! Fill out your bracket, and enter your picks for a chance to win 4 books from the bracket! Which picture book will end up champion this year?
The February 2024 edition of Dad’s Bookshelf features the first ever board book in Dad’s Bookshelf history!
The first Dad’s Bookshelf of 2024 features 3 beautiful picture books I’m excited to show off.
It’s the 6th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! It’s time to list the top 10 best picture books of 2023, and all of the honorable mentions that our family loved this year.
We’re finishing 2023 off strong with December’s edition of Dad’s Bookshelf. These 3 beautiful picture books have a great shot of making our list of the best picture books of the year.
Discover our favorite holiday picture books of the year! It’s our annual list of the very best Christmas Picture Books for 2023!
Funko released a new crop of Christmas family card games this year - including the most exciting one yet! It’s The Muppet Christmas Carol Spirit of Giving Game!
This month we have three beautiful picture books that we’ll definitely bring into the bookshop, and that might even find a place on our best of the year list coming out soon!
Toil & Troublez from Grandpa Beck’s Games is a press-your-luck, set-collecting family card game that’s perfect for fall family game nights. It’s a bit Halloweeny, but it really has more if a wicca, nature-loving vibe to it.
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have a wonderful hodgepodge of picture books - spooky, funny, and festive. Check out the books we’re loving this month and let us know what you’ve been enjoying!
