Joshua David Stein

Fatherly | Children's Books

30 Years Later, ‘Hatchet’ Remains the Best Nature Book for Boys

The Gary Paulsen classic was a publishing phenomenon in the 1980s. It's less popular today, but no less affecting. I remember reading Gary...

By Joshua David Stein - January 2, 2020
Fatherly | Fatherhood | Divorce

Anthony Browne’s Gorilla is the Best Kids Book About Single Fatherhood

Thirty five years after it first came out, Anthony Browne's masterpiece can still break hearts. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes you...

By Joshua David Stein - January 2, 2020
Children's Books | Phaidon | Food

Can You Eat?

Now in a new board-book format: a whimsical word book of rhyming things that can – or can't – be eaten! Can you eat... A...

By Joshua David Stein - December 30, 2019
Children's Books | Balls | Phaidon

The Ball Book

Bounce along with this rhyming read-aloud about all kinds of balls From footballs to eyeballs, beach balls to meatballs, if you can roll it, this...

By Joshua David Stein - December 30, 2019
Books | Children's Books | Food

What's Cooking?

A whimsical read-aloud of delicious answers to ridiculous questions about what can — and cannot — be done in the kitchen! Food critic and author Joshua David...

By Joshua David Stein - February 3, 2019
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