Pets and babies. What could be cuter? Here are our recommendations for books that celebrate these joyful bundles of life

Spring. A time for welcomed warmth, flowers and of course, Little League baseball.

There’s no better way to get close to nature than to sleep and eat in the great outdoors. Camping offers families a unique opportunity to have an adventure that can be relatively close to home. After all, there are 15 camp sites in Suffolk and two in Nassau. In fact, if you’re a first-timer, experts recommend that you camp locally in case the weather turns nasty or you forget some important items.

This year’s Parenting Resources competition was the stiffest one yet in the National Parenting Publications Awards’ nine years of evaluating parenting products. Their expert judges and parent testers scrutinized hundreds of products to pick the cream of the crop – the tools and resources that help make the daily challenges of parenting easier. Whether you want to build your parenting skills, enhance your understanding of kids, ensure your child’s safety or find a useful gift, you can count on these 2007 Gold Award-winners.