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
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It’s time for picture book madness! It’s the 2024 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 champion this year?
The February 2024 edition of Dad’s Bookshelf features the first ever board book in Dad’s Bookshelf history!
The first Dad’s Bookshelf of 2024 features 3 beautiful picture books I’m excited to show off.
It’s the 6th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! It’s time to list the top 10 best picture books of 2023, and all of the honorable mentions that our family loved this year.
We’re finishing 2023 off strong with December’s edition of Dad’s Bookshelf. These 3 beautiful picture books have a great shot of making our list of the best picture books of the year.
Discover our favorite holiday picture books of the year! It’s our annual list of the very best Christmas Picture Books for 2023!
This month we have three beautiful picture books that we’ll definitely bring into the bookshop, and that might even find a place on our best of the year list coming out soon!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have a wonderful hodgepodge of picture books - spooky, funny, and festive. Check out the books we’re loving this month and let us know what you’ve been enjoying!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we’re featuring some great new picture books - including a couple that make it crystal clear that Halloween 2023 and the spooky season is just around the corner!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we’re featuring some fantastic picture books - including one that’s a special taste of what’s to come for Halloween!
Discover Townie Books in Crested Butte, CO in our bookstore spotlight focusing on their wonderful children’s section.
Dare to Question is a biographical picture book that tells the story of Carrie Chapman Catt - the leader of the women’s suffrage movement when women finally earned the right to vote in the United States in 1920.
The Skull by Jon Klassen may be the very best children’s book of 2023 - and I couldn’t be more excited that this spooky folk tale from one of our favorite artists finally releases this week.
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we’re featuring some very new picture books - two that haven’t released yet! And they’re all remarkable works of art.
Fayetteville, Arkansas will be participating in a nationwide shop local event centered around the Where’s Waldo? books published by Candlewick Press. Visit all of the participating stores, find waldo, and share your pictures on social media for a chance to win the grand prize!
It’s time for summer reading! Download a free PDF copy of the 2023 Dad Suggests picture book summer reading list, and discover some of our very favorite picture books from the last 2 years.
We’re featuring three beautiful new picture books on Dad’s Bookshelf this week - including a perfect new Easter book, and the latest from the dream team of Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson.
