{"id":28016,"date":"2018-12-17T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=28016"},"modified":"2018-12-17T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:19:00","slug":"make-babys-holiday-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=28016","title":{"rendered":"Make Baby&#8217;s Holiday Bright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ushering in the last week of ShelfTalker until the new year, we&#8217;ve got some recommendations for holiday gifit-giving, all week long! Here are a few of my go-to frontlist\u00a0recommendations for babies, most conveniently sized to fit in a stocking.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AuntieMe-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28020\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AuntieMe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>As an aunt to several kids, I love this\u00a0new title from one of my favorite creators of baby books. Filled with Karen Katz&#8217;s trademark colorful, happy illustrations of loving families,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781534429239\"><em>Auntie and Me<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is an adorable new lift-the-flap board book that will be happily snapped up by aunties everywhere.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HelloFarm-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28023\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HelloFarm-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Of course the Indestructibles series from Workman has been a mainstay of our baby gift recommendations at Spellbound for years now, and the three new fall titles don&#8217;t disappoint as they take babies on a visual tour of fun and familiar places:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781523504671\"><em>Hello, Farm!<\/em><\/a>, <em>My Neighborhood<\/em>, and <em>Busy City<\/em>.<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GNowl-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28022\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GNowl-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781484787946\">Good Night Owl<\/a><\/em> by Greg Pizzoli was one of my favorite picture books of the year in 2016, and I&#8217;m so happy to see it released in board book format already. Owl is ready for bed but then he hears a noise, and he can&#8217;t rest until he figures out what it is. He takes his house apart bit by bit but can&#8217;t find the sneaky, squeaky little culprit.<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ISeeITouch-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28024\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ISeeITouch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>I See, I Touch<\/em> by Giuliano Ferri is\u00a0an under the radar gem from this year&#8217;s crop of board books. It sweetly celebrates curiosity and connection with lovely artwork and\u00a0die-cuts,\u00a0and a super soft touch and feel feature at the end.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chomp-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28021\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chomp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>For a guaranteed hit, look no further than the latest offering from the master of interactive books for babies and toddlers, Matthew Van Fleet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781534426771\"><em>Chomp Goes the Alligator<\/em><\/a> stars a\u00a0hungry little alligator who gulps his way from one to ten. Ten touchable textures, a sturdy chomping pull tab, and a satisfying pop-up at the end really deliver.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s to a happy and book-filled holiday season for you and your loved ones, no matter how small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ushering in a week of book recommendations from ShelfTalker&#8217;s bloggers, here are some holiday gift possibilities for babies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}