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
All in Kids Books
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have three beautiful picture books that our family has fallen in love with recently. And two of them feature being best friends with a tree - a remarkable coincidence!
Whether you have a little cat lover in your house, or you’re a full blown cat family, we have the picture book list for you. Discover our very favorite picture books for cat lovers.
The 4th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards are here, and it’s time to reveal the very best picture books of 2021. Discover the nominees, the runners-up, and the top 10 picture books of 2021 - and find out why our family loves these books so much!
The books on January’s edition of Dad’s Bookshelf all have a theme of following your passions and being yourself at their heart. It’s a theme that always draws me to children’s books, and these three books do it remarkably well. And they also happen to be beautifully crafted as well.
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin is a wonderful celebration of passion, music, and dedication. It’s a bright and beautiful picture book biography about Itzhak Perlman, and a great way to share a love of music with your kids.
This month on Dad’s bookshelf we have 3 wonderful picture books that we’ve fallen in love with recently, all gorgeously illustrated. Take a closer look to see why our family enjoys them so much.
Discover the best Christmas picture books released in 2021. Browse this list of our family’s favorite new Christmas picture books, and find out why we love them so much.
Dad’s Bookshelf for November 2021 features 3 amazing new picture books from some of our favorite artists, including Oliver Jeffers and Ben Hatke. Discover the stories that we’ve been falling in love with lately.
It’s time to start planning the Advent calendars your family will use to count down the days of the holiday season! Discover the best Advent calendars for kids and families - a collection of our family’s very favorite books and calendars.
This is a special month for Dad’s Bookshelf, because it features several legitimate contenders for best picture book of the year. Not only have we fallen in love with all of these picture books, but we have a pretty good feeling they’ll end up on our rundown of the year’s best.
It’s time for the spookiest list of the year - the best Halloween picture books of 2021! Discover our favorite spooky picture books of the year and start a new Halloween tradition with the kids.
A new series of kids books has launched called the Kid Classics - and they’re starting with two spooky masterpieces! These illustrated editions of Dracula and Frankenstein are the perfect way to introduce your kids to these spooky, world-famous stories.
Discover the picture books that we’ve fallen in love with in September. These picture books feature messages like following your dreams, discovering your place in the world, and even a special love letter to the relationship between a working mom and her son.
The Pop Classics series of picture books from Quirk Books and illustrator Kim Smith are the perfect set of books for parents that grew up in the 80s and 90s. Your favorite movies and TV shows are now picture books you can share with your kids - nerdy parents rejoice!
Discover our favorite picture books about following your dreams. Help your kids pursue their true passions and chase their dreams. Teach them to keep that curiosity and childlike wonder alive, even in the face of societal pressure.
Dad’s Bookshelf for August features 3 picture books that have captured our hearts recently. All of them feature beautiful profiles of humanity - creating amazing beauty while remaining lighthearted.
Do you have any little chess lovers in your family or classroom? Do you want your kids to reap the many benefits of chess? Discover our very favorite chess books for kids, chosen by a chess dad and coach passionate about sharing the beautiful game of chess with as many kids as possible.
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have 3 new beautiful picture books to fall in love with. They’re made by some of our favorite publishers and authors - and one is even the follow-up to one of our favorite picture books of all time. We hope you love them as much as we do!
