This delightful, thoroughly enjoyable book aptly titled An Awesome Book! by Dallas Clayton is just the perfect thing to brighten up anyone’s day.  It’s filled with pages of colorful child-like illustrations that made me smile:

The message is simple but really inspiring — don’t be afraid to dream. It’s one of those rare books where having finished reading the whole thing online (the entire book is available to read online), I still want to get a physical copy of — to hold and hug and read to sleep every night, lest I forget how important my dreams. Would make a great Christmas present for both kids and adults. Buy it at the Very Awesome World website.

And the lovely sequel, An Awesome Book of Thanks, is pretty darn awesome too.  It’s about gratitude for all things big and small, good and bad.

You can also get an unsigned copy of An Awesome Book of Thanks! for less at Amazon.

J’adore this illustrated poster of Parisian icons — Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Moulin Rouge — by Sophie Henson.

Start the year with a bit of whimsical fun by decking your desks and walls with these 2010 wall and spiral desktop calendars from Kate Spade, illustrated by Bella Foster.