Holidays
Favorite Monster Books for Halloween
October is National Book Month, so we’ve rounded up four of our favorite monster books for kids, just in time for Halloween!
Young Child
Free Bookmarks (Printables) to celebrate D.E.A.R Day
Here are some free bookmarks for you and your family to use. It’s a gift from us to you to celebrate Drop Everything And Read Day.
Family Fun
The Best Bookplates
Bookplates give children a sense of pride about their books and play on their innate enjoyment of the word “Mine”. Here are a few of our favorite bookplates.
Products & Services
Books Girls Love
Summer means outdoor fun, water play, and of course, reading time. Here are some great books and book series that are very popular with girls (and I’m sure boys, too!)
Parenting
Alpha Mom Book Club: Someone Could Get Hurt
We discuss humorist Drew Magary’s parenting memoir, Someone Could Get Hurt.
Products & Services
Back-to-School: Best Getting Ready for School Books
Going back to school can be hard for some kids — and some parents. These sweet stories about the first day of school can help everyone prepare.
Young Child
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: Kids Are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
The way to get your kids to behave is to give them the gift of self discipline. But exactly how do you do that? That is what author Barbara Coloroso outlines in her book, Kids Are Worth It!
Young Child
Summer Reading Ideas for Kids
Prevent summer slide by encouraging your kids to read with these four fun programs.
Activities
Five Fun Things to Do in October
October may be one of my favorite months. So much to do and celebrate.
Baby
Must List: Baby Literature Board Books
This new series of board books will have you all excited even if you weren’t an English Lit major.
Baby
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: Far From the Tree
You know the old adage, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? Well, sometimes it does. Andrew Solomon explores in his new book what happens in families when the apple doesn’t just fall from the tree, it rolls far, far away.
Products & Services
Must Read: Naptime with Theo & Beau
The cutest napping duo of all time, Thoe & Beau, are now the stars of their own bedtime story. Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, it makes a perfect gift for young ones or the parents-to-be in your lives.
Young Child
5 Ways to Make Summer Reading More Fun
With summer coming, it’s not too soon to think about making reading an activity that you and your family will look forward to…
Holidays
The Very Best Kid Christmas Gift
So classic, it’s not even a trick to figure out why we keep giving kids these things every single year. But we do. And we love that we do.
Parenting
Alpha Mom Book Club: The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
We’re discussing Wendy Mogel’s “The Blessing of a Skinned Knee” parenting book in our monthly book club. Have you read it yet?
Activities
Mad Libs For Kids
I love the vocabulary lesson these books give my kids. It’s fun to hear them come up with different parts of speech. Give them a try with your kids.
Products & Services
Last Minute Gifts: Books!
Our favorite books for holiday gifting. Books for kids, adults, and cooks!
Baby
My Favorite Children’s Books for Young Ones
It’s no secret that my favorite baby gift is a bundle of my favorite children’s books. Here are some (or seventy) of my favorite books for babies and young children.
Baby
Alpha Mom Must List: Sh*tty Mom Book
Chelsea Handler of the future is pissed. When she sits down to write her parenting book, she’ll realize the book she wants to write has already been written.
Parenting
Alpha Mom Must List: Read “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio
Wonder, the novel about a boy with severe craniofacial deformities who starts middle school, by R.J. Palacio is a must-read for children and their parents.