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
Family game night is a tradition with more benefits than meets the eye. Not only are games great for kids in many ways, but the quality family time is invaluable as well.
It’s time for the picture book event of the year! It’s the 2023 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 the champion this year?
Reign of Dragoness is our favorite card game from Grandpa Beck’s yet - and that’s saying a lot! Read about why we think this family game of playing sets and getting rid of your cards is an instant classic.
An interview with Ryan from Dad Suggests - originally from 2019. Take a trip down memory lane with the creator of Dad Suggests, and see the updated answers from 2023 Ryan as well.
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have 3 beautiful picture books to highlight: We All Play by Julie Flett, I Have a Question by Andrew Arnold, and Teddy, Let’s Go! by Michelle Nott and Nahid Kazemi.
Lulu the Beaver is a wonderful new picture book to add to your toolbox of stories that teach kids to be themselves. Art matters, and pursuing your interests is vitally important.
Chess is good for kids - both in the home and at school. And it isn’t just academic benefits that make it a good choice to add to your schooling routine. There are many social benefits on top of the cognitive benefits of playing chess with kids.
The three picture books being featured on Dad’s Bookshelf this month are beautiful and original works of art. All 3 books also happen to be remarkable empathy-builders for kids!
Mysterium Kids is a cooperative family board game where you must use a haunted tambourine to make noises and help everyone else find out where the treaure is hidden. This ghostly game is quickly beloved and an easy choice for Game of the Month.
It’s the 5th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! Discover the top 10 best picture books of 2022, and all of the honorable mentions that we loved this year.
Ghosts of Christmas from Board Game Tables is our Game of the Month for December. This Christmas Carol-themed trick-taking card game has quickly shot up to the top of our Christmas game pile, and it’s a no-brainer for a holiday family game night!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have 3 great new picture books that we fell in love with for a variety of reasons. Two of them have pretty great messages to teach your kids, and one is just a good old-fashioned fantasy book to fire up the imagination.
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.
