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 tagged imagination
When You Look Up by Argentinian artist Decur is a picture book masterpiece. It’s a beautiful work of art that entertains while being meaningful at the same time.
Bluey is a kids show about a family of dogs from Australia, and it’s the best kids show on TV right now. And, best of all, adults honestly love it too. You should absolutely be watching it with your kids right now.
Dad’s Bookshelf this month has some incredibly creative books on it. And all three of these great books speak to different things we love. One is spooky, one is hilarious, and one is a pure celebration of childhood imagination and creativity. Discover these great kids books we’ve fallen in love with.
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have a wide variety of books. We’re featuring a picture book biography about Banksy, a hilarious graphic novel, and a beautiful picture book about imagination and empathy.
Milo Imagines the World is a beautiful new picture book that helps combat stereotypes and build empathy. It was made by the same team that created Last Stop on Market Street, and there’s no doubt it will be an important and powerful book for many kids in the world.
“Would You Rather?” is a fun game to play that appeals to our kids’ sense of humor and their creativity as well. Discover some of our family’s favorite “would you rather?” questions - and then use that imagination and start making up some of your own.
The Color, Cut, Create! books by Merrill Rainey feature hundreds of paper craft projects for kids to build with their own hands and imaginations. The creativity they cultivate is a sight to behold, and our kids are obsessed. And we recently sat down for an interview with their creator.
LEGO Super Mario brings your LEGO set to life with incredibly innovative and creative interactivity. LEGO Mario engages kids with their LEGO kits like never before while still inspiring creativity and relying on their imagination to really bring playtime to life. It’s a real no-brainer for LEGO and Mario fans.
This month we’re going to share an imagination pack with one of you. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and Rory’s Story Cubes both have the potential to make a big impact on the emotional and creative development of children, and they are both great champions of the imagination.
Knights Club is a series of interactive RPG comic books in the Comic Quests collection from Quirk Books. Spend an afternoon with your kids using your imagination gathered together around a book. Pick your path and choose your own adventure.
Discover the brand new picture book Best Day Ever - by debut picture book author Michael J. Armstrong. We interview the author and take a behind-the-scenes look at how fatherhood inspired this story of childhood imagination, and how he broke into the world of picture book publishing.
Escape rooms are cooperative adventures for your family that are full of role playing and puzzle solving. The teamwork and the immersion involved make them fantastic family activities. Discover the best family escape rooms to do at home.
Just Because by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault is one of the best bedtime picture books ever created. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and hilarious, and it will help you develop that perfect zen attitude to answer all of your kids’ questions.
These are the best family board games to play if you’re stuck inside. Whether it’s a rainy day, a big blizzard, a long summer, or school was unexpectedly cancelled for a month - if you’re looking for good family board games to pass a lot of time, look no further.
Discover the best animated short films from the Disney Plus series Short Circuit. This series of 14 experimental shorts from employees at Walt Disney Animation Studios is full of beautiful, imaginative, and emotional stories. And the kids and I picked our very favorites.
Parents should definitely dress up with their young kids on Halloween. The potential consequences of sitting out the spooky festivities simply pose too big of a threat to those precious childhood imaginations. So put on those silly costumes, adults!
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.
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.
