There are pieces of furniture in a home that become something more than furniture. A kitchen table where the whole family gathers. A porch swing that holds a hundred quiet evenings. And sometimes — if you are lucky — a couch. A particular, perfect, impossibly wonderful couch that becomes the center of everything warm and joyful and worth remembering about childhood.
Grammy has one of those couches. And in Dan H. Bonesteel’s irresistibly fun new picture book, it is about to become the setting for the most giggle-filled afternoon imaginable.
Studio of Books is so pleased to announce that The Giggle Couch is now live and ready to bring smiles to young readers and grandparents everywhere.
From the moment the grandkids arrive, something magical is in the air. Grammy’s new couch is soft, it is cozy, and it is absolutely perfect for cuddling — but as any child knows, a big new couch is also absolutely perfect for something else entirely. Hide and seek, of course. And what happens when little ones disappear behind Grammy’s wonderful new couch is the kind of moment that makes you laugh out loud, read it again, and then laugh all over again.
Bonesteel tells this story with a lightness and warmth that feels completely at home in the picture book tradition of celebrating the small, everyday moments that turn out to be the ones children remember forever. The Giggle Couch isn’t just a couch. It’s where Grammy and her grandkids are together — laughing, cuddling, playing, and making the kind of memories that last long after the afternoon is over.
And then there’s the surprise ending. Delightful, unexpected, and guaranteed to send little readers into fits of the very giggles the title promises.
What makes The Giggle Couch so special is what sits at the center of it — not the couch itself, but the relationship it holds. The bond between a grandparent and a grandchild is one of the most tender and joyful relationships childhood offers, and Bonesteel honors it with genuine heart. Grammy isn’t a background character here. She is fully present, fully delighted, fully in on the fun — exactly the kind of grandmother every child hopes to have and every grandparent hopes to be.
This is a book that grandparents will love reading as much as grandchildren love hearing it. It will spark conversations, shared laughter, and — very possibly — a new tradition of couch cuddles at Grammy’s house.
The Giggle Couch is the perfect gift for grandparents and grandchildren to share, a wonderful addition to any early childhood bookshelf, and an ideal read-aloud for the little ones in your life who love a good laugh, a good cuddle, and a story that ends with a wonderful surprise. It is also, quietly, a beautiful reminder that the very best things in a child’s world are not the grand adventures or the faraway places — they are afternoons like this one. Cozy, silly, full of love, and absolutely full of giggles.
Dan H. Bonesteel writes with the warmth of someone who knows firsthand how precious the bond between grandparents and grandchildren truly is. With The Giggle Couch, he has created a story that is pure joy from first page to last — playful, tender, and ending with a surprise that will have little readers asking for one more read every single time. It is the kind of book that finds a permanent home on the shelf and an even more permanent place in the heart.