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 our favorite holiday picture books of the year! It’s our annual list of the very best Christmas Picture Books for 2023!
Funko released a new crop of Christmas family card games this year - including the most exciting one yet! It’s The Muppet Christmas Carol Spirit of Giving Game!
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!
Toil & Troublez from Grandpa Beck’s Games is a press-your-luck, set-collecting family card game that’s perfect for fall family game nights. It’s a bit Halloweeny, but it really has more if a wicca, nature-loving vibe to it.
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!
It’s our annual list of the very best picture books for Halloween. The 2023 edition of our list includes the 13 best Halloween picture books released this year - from spooky and creepy to baby’s first Halloween book!
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!
Exploding Kittens is one of our family’s all-time favorite card games, and it’s high time we made it our Game of the Month. It’s funny, it’s exciting, and it’s one of the zaniest family card game concepts you could imagine.
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.
Boop is the perfect game for fans of cats and abstract strategy games. Cute name, cute cats - easy choice for our Game of the Month in July.
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.
If you’re looking for a new game to quench your thirst for head-to-head, strategic battles, Splendor Duel might be our favorite 2-player family board game yet.
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!
Dad’s thoughts on the live action The Little Mermaid released by Disney in 2023. Does it live up to the original animated classic?
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we’re featuring some oldies but goodies. Some of our favorite picture books of all time are on the list this time - and there’s quite a display of literary genius I’d say.
