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Author recommendation: Emily Winfield Martin

Let me set the stage. The year is 2007. I’m 16. I come across a blog (Inside a Black Apple) full of whimsical artwork, moody characters, all begging to have their stories heard. At first glance, it came off as cute, vintage art, but when you really look at it, there’s an edge behind it. And I fell in love.

A photo from 2014, showing off a new print
One of my earliest prints from Emily Martin

Fast forward to today. Emily Winfield Martin now has books for children. All is good in the world, or at least on H’s bookshelf. H loves the whimsy in Dream Animals, Day Dreamers, and The Littlest Family’s Big Day. Prints hang in her nursery, and she giggles at the various creatures.

Dream Animals and Day Dreamers both have characters that are stylistically similar to Martin’s older art. They feel the most nostalgic to me, and they read similar to Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. The Littlest Family’s Big Day is adorable, and has a large flip open page at the end of the story. All books are lovely, and would make a great bookshelf addition!

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H’s Bedroom Reading Nook

One of my latest tasks has been converting H’s room from what was a former office into an age-appropriate bedroom. Limited power outlets, a poorly implemented set of hanging closet drawers, and a floor air vent have all proven challenges to the design stage of H’s room. Recently, we took out a tall bookshelf, and replaced it with a white Kallax. The Kallax is a much safer choice, and makes the room feel much more pulled together. H’s fuzzy chair gives her a cozy place to sit and look at books, and her Flisat book rack holds all of her favorite bedtime storybooks. H is still learning her limitations when leaving chairs, so padded corners are needed for the Kallax.

It was extremely important for me to have a plant in H’s room, so she has a ponytail palm on the shelf. I’m excited for it to grow with her, and for her to learn plant care.

Only the very best books get a spot in the book rack
As H gets more belongings, we’ll use the Kallax shelves as storage. But in the meantime, they make nice blanket storage.
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Favorite Books at Eleven Months

Let’s talk about books! H really loves books, whether it’s a book she looks at after nap time, or wildly flinging all books off of her shelf (which happens a lot 😂). When I got pregnant, I knew that I wanted to give my kiddo every opportunity to fall in love with books the way I did. So we started reading to her every night once she was a few months old. She started remembering stories; we could read her stories we had memorized, and she laughed at all of the funny parts. She really started interacting with them on her own within the last couple of months, and it’s been such a great experience watching her grow in this manner.

Here are her daily reads:
🔹 See, Touch, Feel
🔹Baby Faces
🔹First 100 Words
🔹Llama Llama books
🔹Babies ❤️ Opposites
🔹Babies ❤️ Chunky Flaps (Little Green Frog, Little Yellow Bee, Little Blue Boat, and Little Red Barn)


We keep the rest of her books in her room, and have a bedtime collection in a second one of these IKEA Flisat book displays.

H’s favorite part of all of these books is the mirror in the back of See, Touch, Feel. She loves playing peekaboo with herself. It also has a fuzzy teddy bear tummy, which is a close runner up.