books

When my first baby was born, my mom--overcome with nostalgia--wrapped up my old tattered copy of Goodnight Moon , and gave it to my daughter. But with this latest take on the old classic, my favorite childhood read gets a facelift and a …

You might be thinking, geez, what took him so long? when you first get wind of Mo Willems' delightful new interactive ebook, Don't Let the Pigeon Run this App . But after hearing him preempt that very question at a recent press lunch, I …

I only became familiar with html a few years ago, so imagine the advantage my kids will have now that I'm reading them HTML for Babies at bedtime. Okay, so I'm joking, but it might just be one of the best geeky baby gifts ever for your f…

With Halloween just around the corner ( how did that happen?! ), we've been on the lookout for a few cool apps that will keep our kids entertained while we're busy gluing sequins on mermaid costumes and eyebrows on Angry Birds. Let me ju…

Admit it. When you read those Harold and The Purple Crayon books as a child, you longed to have a magical purple crayon just like his. Though the ideas I'd draw today ( a clean house! a remodeled kitchen! a pair of Camper boots in size 1…

Between our membership to the Boston Museum of Science and frequent viewings of Here Comes Science , my kids are growing up thinking that science is the coolest subject out there. It's a far cry from how I felt about it in high school my…

iPad digital books are so common, my kids have become quite the critics. So I know that we had a hit on our hands when all three of my boys are fighting over one. We are definitely digging Brave Rooney which is absolute fun. Why? This st…

When it comes to children reading, I tend to be a bit old-school and old-fashioned. Give them a book to hold. Turn the pages. Smell the paper. Snap it closed when you're finished. But with this shiny new iPad in my hands I'm having to re…

I'll be honest, I've always had a secret wish to write a children's book. But for now, I'll have to settle for simply living vicariously through the stories my children are creating on this cool new book-making app. With hardly any learn…

Whenever I open a new ebook on my iPad, I'm always on the lookout for what new cool things it can do with the the touchscreen technology. But I've just discovered a series of storybooks for the iPad that use technology to make reading an…

If you've ever laughed at JibJab's hilarious ecards, like this one of the CMP staff at Halloween , you know how funny it is to see your own visage shimmying while dressed like Dracula, or busting a Mummy move. And now that they've entere…

Though I was raised on the original Brothers Grimm stories, which are pretty dark, I was always a little more scared of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk . The whole I smell the blood of an Englishman boomed by a big hairy giant? Yeesh…

Jeremy Bernstein is a digital creative director at Deutsch Advertising in New York, so he's always up on the latest and coolest. He's also the father of two ridiculously cute kids. It's a common refrain in our home since we got an iPad a…

As much as I love the feel of a crisp paperback book and the smell of a new magazine, I definitely get the appeal of an e-reader. And now there's a cover that lets you show off your affection for David Sedaris, or help you start up a con…

I recently got an iPad 2, but I am having a hard time justifying paying for ebooks. I have been searching for a website that allows me to rent current bestsellers for free and I found one called My Pad Media that claims for a one-time li…

One of my kids' favorite things to do with the iPad is draw. Actually, one of their favorite things to do anywhere is draw. So I am always looking for fun coloring apps that can keep the artistry flowing, and that I find easier to justif…

If there's anything to miss about real, live books when you're using your e-reader, it's the flip of the pages, the weight of the hardcover book in your hands, and the cool covers. So while I haven't yet found anything to help with the f…

Remember last week, when I said I wanted to live in NYC so I could see some real, live yarn bombing ? Still true. But now I've got another reason on my (very long) list of why I need to go to the Big Apple. I want to be caught reading on…

One of the most amazing things about today's technology is that you can find almost anything on the internet. And most of it's for sale. Mario + cross-stitch? Buffy the Vampire Slayer + fuse beads? Star Wars + jelly jars? They all exist.…

I downloaded the free for iPhone app way back when I upgraded my first generation iPhone to a pretty new iPhone 4 , but it was only recently that I actually decided to upload a book. Now I'm kicking myself for not doing it sooner. While …

iPad serves different functions for every member of my family. My traveling husband takes it with him to read books or watch movies, I use it to catch up on my blog reading and magazines, and my older kids use it for some of their homesc…

I didn't know until recently that Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is wrought with controversy. But me? Maybe I'm not quite cynical enough because I love it. I have always appreciated the notion that there's something to be said for fi…

If you Android lovers have been enviously eyeing up the NOOK for iPad app, your wait is over. Finally, NOOK has created an Android app brings all the coolness of the NOOK right to your phone or tablet. There's nothing overwhelmingly new …

When my children discovered the Three Little Pigs storybook app on a friend's iPad, I had absolutely zero doubt in my mind that we'd be running home to purchase it that very night. In a word, this app is masterful. Or to use more words, …