A Prime Present

1) On A Magical Do Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna - Give the gift of a magical do nothing day! This multiple award-winning book encourages unplugged outdoor exploration. Both the art and the text are fully worthy of the name magical! 2) The main character's jacket in this book is kind of iconic, often the only bright spot in the moody woodsy spreads (in the printed book it's almost a neon ink used for the jacket.) This is a great kids size Patagonia rain jacket in a similar

1 - The Great Googly Moogly - First of all, The Great Googly Moogly is just really fun to say, and really cute to hear preschool aged kids try to pronounce : ) This book tells the story of a girl who has made it her life's mission to catch a legendary, monstrous fish. She finally gets the chance - will she take it? The illustrations are super charming and I love the color palette. My kids both loved this one and requested it night after night! 2- Cute to pair with this Boon f

1- What If... by Samantha Berger. This is such a special book that would make a wonderful gift for any child with a creative spark or vivid imagination (hopefully, every child! : ) The verse progresses through different ways the main character could express her imaginings and tell her stories, even in the absence of dedicated resources. ("Without any floor / I could still use the land / and sketch out a tale / in the dirt with my hand.") It has a wonderful universal message

1 - The Butterfly Garden - book by Laura Weston. There are lots of great butterfly books out there- some are more technical / educational and some pure art / fiction. This one is so simple but so beautiful. With just a few words on each page that do indeed chronicle the butterfly lifecycle in an abstract way, this lift the flap book features bold black and white prints that lift to reveal bright developing butterflies underneath. It's simple enough for very young toddlers

I love nonfiction books for young kids, but the ones that really scream "nonfiction" (full of factoids, with photos instead of art illustrations) just don't feel like bedtime stories to me. That's why I love books like Some Bugs (and the whole gorgeous An Egg Is / A Nest Is / A Butterfly Is etc series by Dianna Hutts Aston). This would be so cute paired with a little observational bug catcher - my preschool daughter spends her spring and summer afternoons catching roly poly