children's books
Celebrate With Kids Around The World: Chinese New Year
We love to celebrate holidays with our kids. While we love to celebrate traditional holidays, we like to branch out and expose our kids to holidays that we normally wouldn't celebrate. It's fun to learn other traditions and holidays. To help celebrate Chinese New Year (in 2021 ...read more
Thanksgiving Books to Read Together
Gobble gobble. November is here which means Turkey time is right around the corner here. But before you watch the parade, throw around a football, and carve the big bird, curl up on the couch (or set up a designated reading teepee!) with your pumpkin-pie cuties and read one of ...read more
5 Reasons You Should Fall In Love With Our Favorite Children's Books
Are books important to your family?As a life-long book lover, it’s my mission to pass along my love of books to my girls. We've put together this resource of our favorite children's books to make it easy to get inspired. 5 Reasons You Should Fall In Love With Favorite Children's ...read more
Fun New Gift Idea for Kids from Brightly
Birthdays are a big deal in our house…and that’s probably because my mom always made them super special for me when I was growing up. As with most of the family traditions that she started with me and my sister, I’ve wanted to make my kids’ birthdays something they look forward ...read more
Dressing Little Miss Thing in babyGap's New Collection
My three year old is obsessed with the quirky characters in the Mr. Men collection of books. He has a particular fondness for Mr. Bump (because, he falls down a lot), Mr. Greedy (because, he eats a lot), and, of course, Mr. Messy (because, well, duh!). I thoroughly enjoy the ...read more
Eden's Wish Virtual Book Chat #TSMBookClub
We couldn't be more excited to host our next Virtual Book Chat Monday night on Twitter. The conversations have been lively, enlightening and there's nothing better than hearing directly from our favorite authors. This month we're celebrating middle grade fiction with M. Tara ...read more
Princess Cupcake Jones Virtual Book Chat #TSMBookClub
It's time for another #TSMBookClub Twitter chat and we are thrilled to welcome author Ylleya Fields of the Princess Cupcake Jones book series. As you know we just love finding and sharing the newest and best books for kids and our monthly Book Club on Twitter gives us the ...read more
Eric Carle Museum Family Visit
This summer our adventures brought us to Massachusetts. A highlight of our recent road trip was a family visit to the Eric Carle Museum. We're long-time fans of Eric Carle's illustrations. The books have been a part of our family library because of the sweet stories that herald ...read more
A Very Squeaky Mystery Book Review (& a giveaway)
Being a mom of three littles means I spend a lot of time reading children's books. Since I am a former teacher, my passion for literacy has inspired a love of reading in each of my children. We love to curl up with a good book and even host our own book chats. We love to come ...read more
Inspiring Confidence With Books From I See Me!
A few months ago, I received a package in the mail with a gift for my two-year-old son and a gift for my newborn daughter. We opened the box to find charming children’s books. But these weren’t your ordinary run-of-the-mill reads. These were beautifully illustrated and absolutely ...read more
Modern Books for National Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Did you know today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day? Well, it is! In honor of this very important national holiday, we have rounded up some updated fairy tales for your kids to enjoy. In other words, we love an excuse to add to our kids' library and this fairy tale day seems ...read more
10 Picture Books Biographies that Inspire Kids
We love reading books about real, ordinary people who do extraordinary things. It all started when we bought our daughter the book "I Am...Amelia Earhart" by Brad Meltzer. Our then 5 year old became enthralled with the whole story of Amelia Earhart. It became all about woman ...read more
2 Books You Should Pre-Order Today
One of the things I miss most about living in the States is browsing the book store with no real objective. Just browsing and picking up titles that grab me with the cover. But, I'm always most likely to break the bank in the children's book department. Now that we do the ...read more
SparkUp the Magical Book Reader is the IT Gift of the Season
To say that we had high hopes when we received a sample of Sparkup - the Magical Book Reader is an understatement. After all, one of our very favorite baby and kid gear guru's, Sheri Gurock, called it this season's IT gift in our Holiday Shopping Guide. The Sparkup not only met ...read more
Cookie Meets Peanut by Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel is not only the brains behind the Skinnygirlbrand that encompasses cocktails, fitness, and health products, but also she is a mom and author having penned four best-selling books. Her latest project, Cookie Meets Peanut, draws upon her own personal experiences ...read more
Book Club Picks: New Releases for Young Readers
Here at Momtrends, we are constantly in search of entertaining books that will challenge and fine-tune kids’ reading skills. If you make reading a priority in your home, your kids will not only foster a love for books, but also they will improve their reading levels in school ...read more
Personalized Books for Kids: M is for Me from I See Me
I love giving personalized books for kids as gifts. One of our favorite finds over the years is the "M is for Me" book developed by MyChronicleBooks for ISeeMe.com. M is for Me encourages not only a love of reading and learning the alphabet but also the kind of confident ...read more
Great Books to Read with Your Kids to Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day (April 22) is the perfect time to talk to your kids about conservation and what everyone can do to help take good care of our beloved planet. Luckily, there are many wonderful books to help your kids grow up to be a friend of trees. Here are a few of my favorites to ...read more