The Littlest Family's Big Day

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Journey through the Northwest with some of our favorite regional board books.

We adore board books and the little readers who cherish (and bang, eat, drool on, and throw) them. Here are 22 of our favorite board books — some classics, some new releases, all destined to become the gems you read night after night!

The Littlest Family's Big Day hearkens to picture books of another era with its sweet and simple woodland story of a "little" bear family — and fox baby — wandering through the neighborhood of their new home. Feast your eyes on the rich gouache illustrations featuring the tiniest of details. The board book version even includes a sturdy foldout panorama of the littlest family welcoming their neighbors for a festive housewarming party. Recommended By Kate L., Powells.com

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wonderful Things You Will Be, meet Emily Winfield Martin’s little forest family and the adventures they have on one very big day.

Who is only under 5 inches tall and has just moved to the woods? The cutest and littlest bear family you have ever seen — and their adopted teeny tiny fox tot! What happens when they venture out to explore their new world…?

With an easy-to-read story and the careful brushstrokes of Emily Winfield Martin’s illustrations, The Littlest Family’s Big Day captures the mystery and magic of the woods. Inspired by classic children’s books such as The Littlest Fur Family and Dream Animals, this is a radiant treasure to be cherished for generations.

Emily Winfield Martin is a collector and lover of fairy tales, and the original Grimm’s tale of Snow White and Rose Red enchanted and haunted her all her life. She is a painter of real and imaginary things, and the author and illustrator of such books as Dream Animals and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. Emily lives among the giant trees of Portland, Oregon, and if you need her, you might look in the heart of the woods. Visit her online at emilywinfieldmartin.com.

My latest picture book, The Littlest Family’s Big Day, is just coming out as a board book! It’s the sweetest format, and it feels like it was made to be a little book. I love seeing things small-ified...

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