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
Are you looking for a good book, board game, or movie to share with the family? Here you can find all of the lists that we've ever compiled on DadSuggests.com - full of hand-selected items we love. Enjoy - and make sure to let us know what you think!
We’re passionate about reading with our kids at Dad Suggests. Very few things do a better job at sparking the imagination and stoking the fires of a creative and magical childhood than a good book. Below you can scroll through all of our hand-selected lists of kids books - full of our family’s favorite books of all time.
It’s the 8th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! Enjoy our picks for the best picture books of 2025.
We countdown to the top 13 Halloween picture books of 2025! Enjoy the spooky season with our favorite Halloween books.
It’s the 7th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards! It’s time to list the top 10 best picture books of 2024 - and decide which picture book came out on top this year!
Discover our favorite holiday picture books of 2024! It’s one of the biggest book lists of the year for us, and choosing the best Christmas book of the year was not easy this time!
We’re back with our annual list of the very best picture books for Halloween! The 2024 edition of our list once again includes the 13 (get it?) best Halloween picture books released this year.
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.
Discover our favorite holiday picture books of the year! It’s our annual list of the very best Christmas Picture Books for 2023!
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!
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.
Do your kids like to interact with their books during story time? Discover our list of the very best interactive picture books for kids - great kids books that break the 4th wall and make you a part of the story.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Discover the best new Halloween picture books of 2022. This top 10 list features the best new spooky picture books for kids - with monsters, suspenseful tales, and lots of trick-or-treating.
Our list of the best scary story collections for kids - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, In a Dark, Dark Room, and many more. Perfect for spooky Halloween read alouds!
This month on Dad’s Bookshelf we are featuring 3 new picture books that are all contenders for the 2022 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards. Discover The Mouse Who Carried a House on his Back, Sylvie, and Ways to Make Friends - all featuring very adorable animal friends.
For the July 2022 edition of Dad’s Bookshelf, we have 3 great new picture books. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day, and Leila the Perfect Witch are all amazing new picture books to discover.
It’s the 2nd Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Summer Reading List! Discover some of our favorite recent picture books, and check them off as you read them with the free PDF checklist!
These are the best picture books for dog lovers! Enjoy our list of our favorite dog-themed kids books - from feel-good comedies to explorations of the sadness of saying goodbye to our four-legged friends.
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.
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!
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.
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.
This month on Dad’s bookshelf we have 3 wonderful picture books that we’ve fallen in love with recently, all gorgeously illustrated. Take a closer look to see why our family enjoys them so much.
Family game night is a beloved tradition in our household. Family games can teach our kids so many things - not to mention the precious family bonding time. And, if you find the right theme, games can be the perfect fuel for a child’s imagination. Below you can scroll through every family board game list we’ve ever compiled. The best-of-the-best!
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.
Discover the best family board games and card games that fit perfectly inside a stocking for Christmas. The best stocking stuffer games for kids is a list of our favorite small-boxed games.
The ultimate list of board games for kids of every age. Starting with the first board games for toddlers and going all the way until the games are equally loved by all ages - discover your new favorite game for family game night every step of the way.
Discover the very best family board games for 8-year-old kids with this top 10 list. Find your next game for family game night with the best games from The OP, IELLO, Blue Orange games, and more!
Discover our favorite family board games for 7-year-olds. The games on this list are some of our favorite board games of all time, and there’s no expiration date on how long we are going to enjoy them either. Find your new favorite game for family game night.
If you’re looking for a good family board game to put into an Easter basket, you’re probably limited by size. Discover our favorite small board games for kids that are also a good fit for baskets - and feature a focus on cute animals and bright colors that are perfect for Easter.
Discover our very favorite board games for age 6. Our exploration of the best board games for every age continues with 6-year-olds, and these are definitely some of our favorite family games of all time.
If you are on the lookout for cat-themed family games to please all the cat lovers in your life, look no further. These are the best cat-themed board and card games for your next family game night - sure to please your feline overlords.
Discover the best Christmas-themed family board games and card games. If you’re looking for something that will bring a little Christmas spirit to family game night, check out our picks for the best holiday games for kids of all ages.
Discover the best board games for 5-year-olds. Find your new favorite game for family game night by exploring our top 10 list of our personal favorite family board games for age 5. The games on this list will be beloved for many years to come.
If you’re looking for a spooky family game night, look no further than our list of monster-themed board games for the family. Discover our favorite monster games for kids of all ages, and help your kids’ imaginations come to life.
Discover the best family board games that test your memory. These family games are perfect for gameschooling and exercising your brain without even realizing it. Many of these beloved games encourage storytelling as well, and they’re a great choice for family game night.
Discover the best family board games for learning and practicing shapes with your children. Gameschooling is a fun and engaging way to learn, and the games on this list will definitely help reinforce the names and appearance of basic shapes for your little ones.
Discover the best board games for 4-year-olds on family game night. Our series of the best board games for kids of all ages continues with this list of the top 10 board games for 4-year-olds.
Do you have a little one in the house that loves princesses, unicorns, tea parties, dancing, glitter, sparkles, and all things pink? They’ll fall in love with these games on family game night. We’ve collected a list of our very favorite board games that feature themes our daughter absolutely loves.
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.
If you’re looking for board games to help your preschooler practice their colors - look no further than these family favorites. Try gameschooling with your kids to learn those colors together.
ThinkFun is known for their logic games for kids and families and these are the very best. Our 7-year-old son ranks his very favorite puzzle games from the mind-exercising experts at ThinkFun.
These are the very best board games for 3-year-olds. Discover the best games to play with your toddler during family game night from top publishers like HABA and Peaceable Kingdom. Learn new skills, work together, and have fun.
Discover 5 great family board games and card games to play together on Thanksgiving. These party games accommodate many players, and can easily appeal to several generations at once during your next family gathering.
These are the best Halloween family board games. If you want to set a spooky atmosphere and establish the right Halloween mood during your next family game night, make sure to check out these spooky board games.
These are the best ghosts from family board games. If you like playing spooky board games with the family around Halloween, make sure to check out these family games that feature ghosts and haunted houses - and some of our very favorite ghost figurines to set the Halloween mood.
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.
These are the best 2-player family board games to play for date night. When the kids are out of the house, or when they’re asleep, these are the games we reach for time and time again. And if you and your partner have a bit of a competitive streak in you at all, you’re definitely going to have a good time together.
These are the best family board games for celebrating summertime. Play these family games as you enjoy a classic-themed summer full of lemonade, camping under the stars, catching fireflies, and sitting by the pool.
These are the best cooperative board games for 3-year-olds. Our 3-year-old is very opinionated about the games she loves and grabs from the shelf to play with us. Not only is it an immense pleasure to see her excited about choosing the games we play, but the rest of us legitimately have fun with them too.
The great thing about a family camping trip is that everyone is guaranteed to be unplugged and focused on enjoying each other’s company. Next time you head to the woods, make sure to try these fantastic family board games at your campsite. They’re sure to set the right atmosphere.
The following board games are some of our very favorite fantasy-themed family board games. If your family loves fantasy as much as ours does, or if you have a little one obsessed with dragons and magic, make sure to give these games a try.
These are the best board games for 2-year-olds. They might teach practical skills like cooperating and counting and following directions. But, most of all, they are fun - and they provide us very valuable bonding time for the whole family.
All five of these games give me a mental workout where I begin to calculate my options and the possible outcomes, just like I’m playing chess. But my wife and our 6-year-old give me more than my fair share of defeats.
Family movie night is not only a perfect opportunity to come together as a family, but it’s a great chance to share some of your favorite works of art with your kids too. A little nostalgia never hurt anybody. And that’s what makes some of our favorite holiday classics a great way to celebrate the season as well. Below you can scroll through all of our hand-selected family movie lists. All very near and dear to our hearts!
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.
Discover the new cartoons that I love to watch just as much as my kids do. Stream these fantasy shows that feature spectacular world-building and some of the best creativity and imagination you can find. Bond with the kids and find your new favorite show.
These are the very best Christmas movies for families. The best Christmas films and TV specials are responsible for a lot of the magic found in Christmas itself. Better than any other medium, these films allow us to sit together as a family and celebrate the spirit of Christmas through imaginative works of art.
These are the best film versions of A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens’ classic is the ultimate Christmas story. The selfish Scrooge gets himself a wakeup call about love, and the whole thing basically culminates in a greater understanding of the meaning of life. What more could you ask for?
These are the very best Halloween movies to watch with your family. Movies are perhaps the very best medium for setting the appropriate Halloween atmosphere. What better way to get into the spirit than vicariously living through a spooky adventure?
These are the top 25 movies I can’t wait to share with my kids. This is a different kind of movie list. This is a waiting list. When your children aren’t old enough to watch some of the best movies ever made, the next best thing to do is put them into a list and ponder the movies you’ll show them as soon as possible.
