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
Discover the April 2022 edition of Dad’s Bookshelf - a collection of the picture books we’re loving recently. This month on Dad’s Bookshelf features Big and Small and In-Between, Only One, and The Path.
Discover the very best picture books for unicorn lovers. These unicorn picture books are all family favorites, and there are unicorn books for both fans of comedy and serious connoisseurs of unicorn magic.
If you’re planning a trip to Walt Disney World, it’s imperative that you understand the new Genie Plus system before you go. Learn how to skip the lines with Genie Plus, learn what Individual Lightning Lanes are, and study our plans for an effective Genie Plus strategy at all of Disney World’s parks.
Familiar Tales from Plaid Hat Games and Jerry Hawthorne is our Game of the Month for March. It’s a cooperative family adventure board game with immersive storytelling and and a brilliant digital companion app.
When do you push a kid to try something new, and when do you give in and call it quits? How does a parent know when a child really hates something, or if they’re just scared of the unknown or maybe even tired?
It’s the 2nd Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket! You can play along to pick this year’s winner, vote in our Instagram stories for your favorites, and even enter your bracket for a chance to win 4 of these great books!
Dad’s Bookshelf for March includes three beautiful picture books that our family has been enjoying a lot recently. It also includes the next amazing picture book from family-favorite creator Matthew Forsythe!
Discover our favorite board games of 2021 and our Dad Suggests Family Board Game of the Year in two categories - games for younger kids and games for older kids.
Kingdom Run is a competitive family board game from Ankama with a very cute fantasy theme. Race against the whole family to bring your clan to the finish line first and score the most points to win!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we have three beautiful picture books that our family has fallen in love with recently. And two of them feature being best friends with a tree - a remarkable coincidence!
Whether you have a little cat lover in your house, or you’re a full blown cat family, we have the picture book list for you. Discover our very favorite picture books for cat lovers.
Stardew Valley the Board Game captures the magic of the video game in the most perfect way. This cooperative game features farming, mining, fishing, making friends - everything you love about Stardew Valley. Fans will undoubtedly fall in love with it.
These are the 10 scary movies I’m most excited to share with my kids one day - full of nostalgia and original scares. Hopefully I’ll have my own scary movie buddy one day.
The 4th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards are here, and it’s time to reveal the very best picture books of 2021. Discover the nominees, the runners-up, and the top 10 picture books of 2021 - and find out why our family loves these books so much!
The books on January’s edition of Dad’s Bookshelf all have a theme of following your passions and being yourself at their heart. It’s a theme that always draws me to children’s books, and these three books do it remarkably well. And they also happen to be beautifully crafted as well.
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin is a wonderful celebration of passion, music, and dedication. It’s a bright and beautiful picture book biography about Itzhak Perlman, and a great way to share a love of music with your kids.
