My Mommy’s Tote by P. H. Hanson (amazon)
Thankfully my children are too young to be walking around, grabbing my purse, and emptying the contents on the floor. If your children are old enough that you fear for your personal possessions, My Mommy’s Tote may serve as a simulacrum of your handbag. This board book in [...]

Manga: The Complete Guide by Jason Thompson (amazon)
I was eagerly awaiting the release of this book, since it combines two of my main passions - manga and reference books. Manga: The Complete Guide combines manga reviews with overviews of manga genres and creators. It would be a great reference book for any public library. Parents [...]

Ask Metafilter has had quite a few book recommendation threads recently:
Books for 12 year old girls
Fiction for a 5 year old
Getting a 16 year old boy to read

Books
Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner - A sequel of sorts to Swordspoint, Privilege of the Sword is about Katherine, a down at the heels noblewoman who is educated as a swordsman by the whim of her uncle the Mad Duke Tremontaine.
Swordspoint By Ellen Kushner - After reading Privilege of the Sword I realized [...]

Cybils nominations close on the 21st, so if there’s something you’ve been wanting to nominate head on over there!

Bath Time! by Sandra Boynton (amazon)
Sandra Boynton is the queen of board books, but does her appeal translate to a different format, namely plastic floating books? Bath Time! tells the story of a little pig who goes on an epic quest for cleanliness after getting messy from a mysterious painting project. The pig must be [...]

It is difficult to keep up my normal reading pace, what with the whole needing to take care of the babies thing, but I was still able to read a few things.
Books
Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey
Skellig by David Almond
Owl Service by Alan Gardner
Manga
Hana Kimi #20
Yurara #2
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne 1-4
Crossroad #1
Devil Within #1
INVU #4
Emma #5
Nodame Cantible [...]

The folks at Chronicle Kids sent me a package, and this is what I got:
Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book
by Taro Gomi (amazon)
Taro Gomi is the author of the legendary classic picture book Everyone Poops. Squiggles is his take on the interactive coloring book. It reminded me a bit of the Anti-Coloring [...]

Nominations for the Cybils are now open. Once again, I’m going to be judging the graphic novel category, so head over there and nominate your favorite graphic novel from 2007.

Books
Third Woman by Mark Burnell
Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotsen
Eclipse by Stefanie Meyer
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Storm Front and Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Manga
To Terra # 3
Wild Adapter #2
Tail of the Moon #6
Penguin Revolution #4
Canon # 2
I Hate You More Than Anyone #1
Gon #1
Blood Alone #3
Yakitate Japan! #6,7
Kitchen Princess #3
Nodame Cantible #3
Xxxholic [...]