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
It’s time for the 2022 Dad Suggests round up of the best new Christmas picture books! Discover our favorite Christmas picture books released in 2022, and find out if we have any new Christmas classics.
One of our favorite family games of all time has received a sequel! Gamewright has released the card game Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue!, and we were eager to find out if we loved it just as much as the original.
Tell the Truth, Dragon! is a brand-new interactive picture book from Bianca Schulze and Samara Hardy. Learn a valuable lesson while, most importantly, having a lot of fun yelling at the Dragon to tell the truth!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have three beautiful picture books that are all a bit darker and sadder than usual. Two of the three books are gorgeous but very emotional explorations of dealing with death. And the remaining book features some occasionally spooky and dark imagery for kids.
Our Game of the Month for October 2022 is HABA’s new release Flotsam Float! Flotsam Float is a stacking game for ages 6+ with a unique twist - you have to move the entire balancing stack from place to place on every turn!
Dad’s Bookshelf for October 2022 features Night Lunch, Patchwork, and Meanwhile Back on Earth… All of these picture books feature some of our favorite artists, and all of them are major contenders for the Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards.
Can You Spot the Leopard?: An African Safari is a beautiful collection of paintings and poems by Karen Winnick. It takes you on an illustrated safari and introduces you to almost every animal you’d expect to see in Africa. Beautiful and educational, it’s the perfect gift for young animal lovers.
Dad Suggests is now a brick-and-mortar children’s bookstore in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Discover a selection of thoughtfully-curated, quality kids books and games. You can find us in The Shops at BrickCity.
Discover the best new Halloween picture books of 2022. This top 10 list features the best new spooky picture books for kids - with monsters, suspenseful tales, and lots of trick-or-treating.
Disney Plus has provided us all with a new family-friendly Halloween movie just in time for October. This long-awaited sequel to Hocus Pocus is a lot of fun, but also the perfect amount of spooky as well.
Sleeping Queens is a family card game that has stood the test of time. It was one of the favorite card games of our son, and now it’s a favorite of our 6-year-old daughter. The quirky art and imaginative queens make it a very popular and well-known family game.
Our list of the best scary story collections for kids - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, In a Dark, Dark Room, and many more. Perfect for spooky Halloween read alouds!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we are featuring 3 new picture books that are all contenders for the 2022 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards. Discover The Mouse Who Carried a House on his Back, Sylvie, and Ways to Make Friends - all featuring very adorable animal friends.
An interview with picture book author Trudy Ludwig - the champion of empathy and author of books like The Invisible Boy and the new release Brave Every Day.
Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town is one of the best named board games ever, and it’s pretty fun to play too. Navigate blind around a haunted town and try to be the first one to deliver your pizza in this spooky fun family board game.
Edith Head was the costume designer for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Her 8 Oscars are more than any other woman in history. This picture book biography is her inspiring story.
DEVOUR is a card game for the whole family that can be played with 1, 2 or 3 players. In fact, there are 3 different game modes completely! Learn about the food chain in this fast-paced card game of eat or be eaten.
5 funny movies I hope my kids grow up to love. If I don’t teach my kids to appreciate the humor in these absurd movies, I’ll consider my job as a dad a failure.
