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New England is known for its gorgeous fall foliage season…and what better way to see the changing colors than a steam train ride through the countryside! In conjunction with our fall foliage train ride through the Hudson River Valley, we are rounding up some of our favorite train books for toddlers: Steam Train, Dream Train, Where Do…Read More

With Halloween coming up, we’re getting festive (without the “too scary” factor) with two Halloween books: Little Blue Truck’s Halloween and The Gruffalo. “Horn went beep!” We can’t get enough of the Little Blue Truck series! This was another find at our Mommy and Me class and we probably started reading this when Bash was about…Read More

We’re taking a short break from our regularly scheduled fall programming to bring you a very special edition of our Sunday Shelfie book recommendations. This week, we are featuring an old favorite, Your Baby’s First Word Will Be DADA and our soon to be new favorite, Everything is MAMA by Jimmy Fallon. We received the DADA book…Read More

As we start building up to Halloween, we’re getting in the spirit this week with two “monster” books: Leonardo the Terrible Monster and You Look Yummy. Recently, Bash has been very into monsters and we’ve been playing a lot of “hide, here comes the monster” games. Maybe he’s seen one too many Halloween decorations, but…Read More

Happy October 1st! This week, we are featuring two NYC themed books: Subway and Have You Seen My Dragon. These have quickly become some of our favorites and we also like to gift these to friends outside of NYC to give them a taste of city living (and it’s highly likely that they don’t already own them)!…Read More

While it may still feel like summer in NYC at 90 degrees today, we are officially celebrating the change of seasons!  Indoors with the AC at full blast, we’ll be reading Little Elliot, Fall Friends and The Three Ninja Pigs. We loved the first Little Elliot, Big City book so much that when we saw…Read More

For this week’s featured reads, we’re carrying a tune with Going to the Zoo and Go! Go! Go! Stop!: Going to the Zoo is a sure winner in our house! We first heard this sung (yes, there’s a catching tune you can learn) at our Mommy and Me class at Poppyseed. It captivated each toddler’s attention…Read More

We love that Bash enjoys burying his head in a good book!  Often times, he requests (well, insists) we read his favorites over and over again, which we happily oblige, until rote memorization or parental ennui sets in.  So, to keep it fresh, we like to “feature” a couple of new books each week.  Similar…Read More