Bedtime Reading

© Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Kadir Nelson

Niedźwiedź cannot get enough of Please Baby Please by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee and illustrated by Kadir Nelson.  We read it many times every night and it is a repeat request during the day as well.   The story is a day in the life of a toddler and her mother from 3 am, Go back to bed baby please baby please, until bedtime, Kiss me goodnight Mama please Mama please. The illustrations are gorgeous Kadir Nelson interprets the text both faithfully and inventively in detailed watercolor.

Toy of the Moment

All-in-One House: The Wooden Wagon

Aha!  Appeal to the toddler's innate sense of organization and order with this imaginative nested furniture and house set designed by Kaefer of Germany.

The Purl Bee

© 2009 Whitney Van Ness | The Purl Bee

If you like to knit & are not yet familiar with the Purl Bee, Purl SoHo's knitting blog, you will love their feed because the projects presented are always inspiring yet accessible.  Yesterday's post is called Three Great Baby Sweaters: The three baby sweater projects shown were all carefully researched and chosen for baby friendliness by Whitney Van Ness (whom we love because her son is called Bear), a painter, knitter, & author of the column Whit Knits on the Purl Bee.  Enjoy!

Nathalie Lété

Le Joli Mémo de Nathalie Lété | Nathalie Lété Memory Game: Vilac, available at Rose and Radish

The author and illustrator of the much in demand board book Découvre les Animaux Sauvages (as well as freelance illustrator for the New York Times), Nathalie Lété, was commissioned by Vilac to design a memory game. Her illustrations are captivating, unusual, and thrillingly nostalgic.

Duck Duck - GOOSE

Duck Duck Goose by Alec Thibodeau: Ink Ape

Duck Duck Goose is Alec Thibodeau's first print of 2009, and Niedźwiedź believes he's off to a great start, "duck! Duck!".  Know for his letterpress series Goes to Show You What a Moon Can Do... Alec is also a master screenprinter, minicomic & graphic novel maker based in Providence Rhode Island (What Cheer!).

Bedtime Reading

Bed Bed Bed: They Might Be Giants illustrated by Marcel Dzama

Niedźwiedź's new favourite bedtime read is Bed Bed Bed by They Might Be Giants & illustrated by the famed Marcel Dzama (Niedźwiedź's cousins are from Winnipeg like Marcel Dzama, so he's partial). The text is ridiculous, engaging, & thoughtful leading the reader straight to bed bed bed with a sequence of four short chapters. Included is a CD to sing along to, or in my case, to massacre while Niedźwiedź says, "NO, Mama, NO".

Let us Now Praise Maria Montessori

Imagination Poster circa 1960: Three Potato Four.

I don't know why am posting this gorgeous poster when Niedźwiedź himself wants it and there are only 4 left at Three Potato Four, but I love their shop & and the opportunity to share is good for the heart. This is an original poster from the 1960s designer Lucia Pearce with a quotation from Maria Montessori the founder of the Montessori philosophy of education.

 I must love you.

Valentine Niedźwiedź

A Valentine for your loved one, from your most loved: Esty

Baby Feet

Baby Foot Print by Marlies von Soden, 2006: MoMA Store A unique & thoughtful gift for the parent(s) of a new baby, the box is filled with impression foam which will capture the shape & texture of the baby's feet!