August 16, 2026
Back to School
LAMY abc Fountain Pen, A Book of Centuries, and more
Back to school is a good excuse to give everyday essentials a little more thought.
LAMY abc is a child-friendly fountain pen designed around the way young hands learn to write, with an ergonomic grip that supports fine motor development and more fluent handwriting. A Book of Centuries is Charlotte-Mason inspired and gives kids a place to record dates, draw events, and build their own visual timeline of history as they learn. ASOBU’s Giraffe Bestie Bottle is a 16-ounce insulated water bottle with a removable silicone giraffe that keeps drinks cold for up to 24 hours. MoMA’s Studio Ghibli Totoro Lunch Bag is a compact, zippered bag for packing lunch and snacks for the school day.
Lamy
abc Fountain Pen
Maple-bodied school fountain pen with a shaped grip and a rounded beginner's nib, made in Heidelberg since 1980.
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Living Book Press
A Book of Centuries (BC/AD Edition)
158-page timeline notebook, one spread per era, blank on the left to draw and ruled on the right for dates.
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ASOBU
Giraffe Bestie Bottle
16-ounce vacuum-insulated steel bottle with a flexi straw and a removable silicone animal head.
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MoMA
Studio Ghibli Totoro Lunch Bag
Zippered Totoro lunch bag designed in Japan, 6.3 inches tall with two carry handles.
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This week's picks
One product and one brand from the collection
Midibox Foldable Crate. 15-litre crate that stacks when the school year's library books, art supplies, and gym kit need corralling Get it here
Yoto. London company making screen-free audio players kids run on physical cards, started in 2015 by two dads out of the music industry. Find it here
Last week's drop
In case you missed it
Word Play. Oioiooi's Magnetic Alphabet Play Set, Once Upon a Word, and more View the drop
oioiooi
Magnetic Alphabet Play Set
26 chunky magnetic capitals, each with a matching picture piece, printed on sugarcane paper in soy ink.
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Books
Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids
Word-origin dictionary for ages 9 to 12, tracing everyday words back to their roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
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Magnetic Poetry
Magnetic Poetry Kids Kit: Kid Genius
220 double-sided word magnets with a plain word on one face and a bigger synonym on the other.
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Adena
Montessori Wooden Grammar Symbols
Wooden Montessori grammar symbols for laying out the parts of a sentence.
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