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
These are the best family games to encourage storytelling with the kids. These are board games, card games, and dice games that inspire and nurture your creativity and your imagination, and help release the storyteller inside during family game night.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the holiday picture book of the season and destined to become a Christmas staple. The classic film gets new life in Quirk Books and Kim Smith’s newest title in the Pop Classics series. It’s a very faithful recreation of the story, and the perfect way to introduce this holiday classic to young children.
Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers is a passionate love letter to books. This chapter book is a book lover’s dream. Beloved characters from famous novels come to life, characters travel into favorite fictional worlds, and the magical, life-transforming power of storytelling is on full display.
The classic Studio Ghibli movies have been made into the most stunning picture books to read with your kids. You can now share the magic of Hayao Miyazaki’s stories - like Totoro, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle - with beautiful picture books made for the whole family.
These are the best picture books about death to share with children. The books on this list are full of lessons that will help kids process their feelings and experiences with death from a safe distance. They can be heartbreaking, but they can also be inspirational. They are wonderful works of art that tackle the difficult topic of death masterfully.
These are the best 2-player family board games to play for date night. When the kids are out of the house, or when they’re asleep, these are the games we reach for time and time again. And if you and your partner have a bit of a competitive streak in you at all, you’re definitely going to have a good time together.
ICECOOL and ICECOOL2 are the perfect family board games for active little fingers. They are dexterity games where you actually flick the penguins around the board. Get up and move a little during family game night. The family will love it.
For September we’re giving away some of our favorite picture books of all time: Extra Yarn, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, and Last Stop on Market Street. We can’t wait to share these classics with someone soon. Enter today for your chance to win.
Kids need to learn that it’s okay to fail. In fact, failing is good for kids. Failure is an opportunity to learn and it leads to growth. But delayed gratification is a hard sell in today’s instant-gratification society. How do you teach your kids that hard work is worth the effort and that it’s okay to fail?
These are the best picture books about the imagination. They all do a magnificent job celebrating the magic of childhood and reinforcing the importance of creativity and imagination in life. Share these inspiring kids books with your family today.
These are the best skills on Amazon Echo for young readers. Turn your Alexa device into a storytelling, imagination machine today. We’ve picked our 5 favorite literacy-related skills for the Echo to share with your kids today.
SOS Dino by LOKI is the perfect family board game for young dinosaur lovers. Dodge falling meteorites and rivers of molten lava to save all the eggs and escape before it’s too late. This is a beautiful and very engaging cooperative board game for the whole family.
Imagine That by Jonathan D. Voss is one of the best picture books of 2019. It is an inspirational reminder that our imagination comes from our heart - and we need to do whatever it takes to hold on to it. Hoot & Olive are destined to be beloved characters in the world of children’s lit.
These are the best questions to ask at parent-teacher conferences. Their teacher is a treasure trove of knowledge about your child. Come prepared with these questions so that your next meeting with your child’s teacher doesn’t turn into a boring recitation of missing assignments and letter grades.
These are the best picture books to read on the first day of school, whether your kids are starting kindergarten or 6th grade. Use them to remind your kids to believe in themselves, and to be kind and stand up to bullies. And use them to remind your kids what’s really important in life.
August Giveaway! The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds is the perfect picture book to share with someone at the beginning of the school year. It’s a true champion for self-confidence, imagination, and individuality.
Pyramid of Pengqueen is a family board game from Brain Games with a great story and very creative gameplay. Take turns playing as an evil mummy stumbling around trying to catch everyone - or playing as an adventurer trying to escape the cursed pyramid with their life.
The KinderGuides series from Moppet Books is a fantastic way to introduce your children to great classic literature through picture books. Books like Romeo and Juliet and Moby Dick are abridged for a younger audience and beautifully illustrated to make them the perfect introduction to these great stories.
