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The Library, four board books from the editMudpuppy Basquiat Colors board bookThe Library, Phaidon Squares and Other ShapesThe Library, Phaidon Up, Down & Other OppositesThe Library, Mudpuppy My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd WrightThe Library, Chronicle Books TouchThinkLearn: ABCTouchThinkLearn: 123 by Xavier Deneux, the board book standingThe Library, Phaidon The Game of LightThe Library, Phaidon My Art Book of Sleep
For the baby

The Library

$160

A new baby or baby shower gift: eight art and design books for a first bookshelf, including Basquiat Colors and My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright.

A shelf, started.

The Library isn't a stack of baby books. It's the beginning of a child's bookshelf, chosen to be beautiful enough to live in the room now and substantial enough to grow into. Albers beside Basquiat, Ellsworth Kelly beside Frank Lloyd Wright, a tactile alphabet and a book that sends light across the walls. Some of it a baby can hold today, through color, shape, touch and light. Some of it waits on the shelf until the child is ready, and that's the point.

Why we built it

The Library is the Edit we built for the giver who wants to start a child's library for them rather than add to the pile. Every book brings its own subject, artist or way in, nothing repeats, and the whole row looks like the beginning of a very good bookshelf. For the classics, retold as first primers, there's The First Edition.

Good to know

  • The Game of Light is for ages three and up, and the flashlight isn't included.

Composed to order. Ordered today, it arrives around November 26. Complimentary shipping from $125, complimentary rush shipping from $500.

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How it arrives

Every piece is wrapped on its own and sealed with our mark.

No prices inside, and tracking comes to you.

Edits are final sale.

Something more particular in mind? We compose custom Edits through concierge.

Need it by a particular date? Write to hello@milkandhoneybabies.com before you order and we'll tell you what's possible.

The Library
$160

The house

Choosing gifts in New York since 2014, formerly at The Shops at Hudson Yards.

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Inside
Mudpuppy, Basquiat ColorsMudpuppy, Basquiat Colors, 2Mudpuppy, Basquiat Colors, 3
Mudpuppy
Basquiat Colors

A first book of color from twelve works by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Phaidon, Squares & Other ShapesPhaidon, Squares & Other Shapes, 2Phaidon, Squares & Other Shapes, 3Phaidon, Squares & Other Shapes, 4Phaidon, Squares & Other Shapes, 5
Phaidon
Squares & Other Shapes

Shapes taught through the art of Josef Albers, one artwork per page.

Phaidon, Up, Down & Other Opposites
Phaidon
Up, Down & Other Opposites

Opposites taught through Ellsworth Kelly's paintings and sculptures.

Mudpuppy, My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright
Mudpuppy
My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright

Circles, squares and triangles drawn from his architecture.

Phaidon, My Art Book of SleepPhaidon, My Art Book of Sleep, 2Phaidon, My Art Book of Sleep, 3Phaidon, My Art Book of Sleep, 4
Phaidon
My Art Book of Sleep

Lullabies and nighttime paintings from artists across centuries.

Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: ABC
Chronicle Books
TouchThinkLearn: ABC

Die-cut letters and raised shapes for small hands to trace.

Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: 123Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: 123, 2Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: 123, 3
Chronicle Books
TouchThinkLearn: 123

The matching counting book, with die-cut numerals.

Phaidon, The Game of LightPhaidon, The Game of Light, 2Phaidon, The Game of Light, 3
Phaidon
The Game of Light

Hervé Tullet's book for the dark, with cutouts that send flowers and fish across the walls.

insideeight pieces
Mudpuppy, Basquiat Colors
MudpuppyBasquiat ColorsA first book of color from twelve works by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Phaidon, Squares & Other Shapes
PhaidonSquares & Other ShapesShapes taught through the art of Josef Albers, one artwork per page.
Phaidon, Up, Down & Other Opposites
PhaidonUp, Down & Other OppositesOpposites taught through Ellsworth Kelly's paintings and sculptures.
Mudpuppy, My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright
MudpuppyMy First Shapes With Frank Lloyd WrightCircles, squares and triangles drawn from his architecture.
Phaidon, My Art Book of Sleep
PhaidonMy Art Book of SleepLullabies and nighttime paintings from artists across centuries.
Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: ABC
Chronicle BooksTouchThinkLearn: ABCDie-cut letters and raised shapes for small hands to trace.
Chronicle Books, TouchThinkLearn: 123
Chronicle BooksTouchThinkLearn: 123The matching counting book, with die-cut numerals.
Phaidon, The Game of Light
PhaidonThe Game of LightHervé Tullet's book for the dark, with cutouts that send flowers and fish across the walls.

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