everyday builders

Celebrating the incredible love and joy of adoption, as well the meaningful change it brings

Art engages baby's senses and emotions at the same time, supporting sophisticated cognitive skills.

Celebrate your individuality

Bring books alive with coordinated toys, activity books, and other delightful items.

Annual award for the most distinguished English language picture book (nominees included)

Share the joy and the spirit of the season

Creative ways to help children connect to

Celebrating differences as a way to make society better and stronger

Sparking imagination and offering moral lessons

Cultivating joy and interest in eating

Popular German books and German favorites translated into English

Being thankful can help children manage life's ups and downs.

Rich and distinct culture focused on family, honor and graciousness.

Exploring Indian culture, especially for those living outside India

Kids love hugs, kisses and feeling special

Inspired stories celebrating the incredible and myriad facets of Mexican culture.

Setting the stage for an active childhood that stimulates and regulates the brain

Welcoming and preparing for a new family member

A little boost to the intuition we all have

Modelling toilet training

Rhythmic beats to words are soothing to both baby and reader.

To infinity and beyond

A nice antidote to materialism, especially useful around holidays

Expressing love through kindness and thoughtful gestures

Level up literacy by using pictures to infer the story. Different each time!

Celebrate Black and Brown joy and mold the narrative from the start.

Explore and learn aspects of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian cultures

Our editors favorite Seussian treasures

Sandra Boynton's board books are funny, light, lyrical and clever.

Oh Canada, our home and literary land

Oldies that parents will remember from their youth

Learning the days of a week

Observing faces, feelings and experiences builds emotional literacy

Breaking old stereotypes and showcasing active fatherhood

Bilingualism is known to foster problem solving and social skills

Transitioning to daycare, pre-school or kindergarden

Celebrating Greek culture. Opa!

Festival of lights explained and enjoyed

Italian language and culture

Manners, sharing, and socialization

Modern gems en route to becoming classics

A total workout for baby's brain: vocabulary, math, patterns, emotions, social, and more!

Textured surfaces to encourage tactile exploration

Determination and persistence in spite of difficulty or opposition

Exploring the human body and medical topics

Encourage independent exploration with chewable, touchable, bendable (and washable!) books

Bilingualism is known to foster problem solving and social skills.

Understanding the sophisticated cycle of ideas, trying, failing and trying again

Planes, trains and automobiles, and a little dose of physics.

Celebrating diversity by learning about world holidays

Foundational support for letter recognition and phonetic awareness, strong predictors of future reading skills.

Babies love looking at other babies! Studies show this fosters early socialization skills.

Celebrating African-American superheros, past and future

Being brave and confronting challenges is hard, and books can help pave the path.

Great gift ideas, ranging from inspirational to silly

Colors send the strong signals to a baby's brain to help stimulate brain growth and aid in visual development.

Disney classics sure to connect to the kid inside the reader

Tinkering, building, failing, and using what you have

Encouraging interactive play between baby and caregiver

Social stories to encourage kindness and reciprocity

Inspiring and meaningful gifts for adults (or almost adults)

When your own words aren't enough

Ideal for the still-developing eyes of a newborn (0-6 months)

Celebrating joyful and lively cultures!

Heroic adventures for the Marvel loving family

Bringing lovable stories into this century with diversity and equality

Popular and trendy books as identified by the NY Times team.

The books we all remember as kids

Lovable family members

Colorful tapestry of rich traditions, old and new.

Learning the art of sharing

For the sports loving parents!

Cultivating an appreciation of travel early builds acceptance and open-mindedness.

Reinforce picture-word association to foster language

Exposure to different religions will help raise a globally-competent child

Cultivate a love of Earth's biodiversity and counterbalance modern life's reduced exposure to animals.

Perfect winding down books for night time (or anytime)

Body safety and awareness in age-appropriate, supportive context

Little Brooklynites

Introducing baby to Christian teachings

Kindness, empathy and compassion can be the bedrock of a meaningful life

Diversifying the faces on your bookshelf

Respecting the earth and learning how to protect it

Time weathered stories passed down for generations

Learning where our food comes from and how plants grow

Favorite gifts both to and from grandparents.

Self help and inspirational books for grownups

His-stories and Her-stories a plenty

Family positivity

Patterns and mathematics for the budding engineer

Celebrating the strength and security mothers provide

Nature or nurture ... get both with camping or hiking!

Classics we know by heart

Poems can inspire, reassure and challenge children's beautiful minds.

Build pre-language connections for vocabulary and feelings

Unusual sounds that create a world of surprise and phonological awareness

Strong female role models for both boys and girls

Embrace unique and special superpowers like autism, ADHD, deafness, and more.

Politely standing up for yourself