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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

9 Kids’ Books That Help Promote Healthy Habits

Books are a fabulous way to encourage healthy habits and suggest new ideas to try. We’ve rounded up nine titles to get you started.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

My Heart: An Ode to Ever-Changing Emotions

Corinna Luyken’s gorgeous, lyrical picture book My Heart is a great primer on love and emotions, tackling these big ideas in a simple and comforting way for readers of all ages.

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Grown-Up Reads

The Best Grown-Up Reads of June 2019

June’s best new reads for adults feature a breathtaking family novel, lavish historical fiction, and dark, comedic memoirs. Sound like an epic month of reading? We agree!

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Brightly Storytime: Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert

Settle in and read along with Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert, a hilarious picture book guide to the game of soccer.

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Teen

Pride is Much More Than a Month

Author James Brandon discusses the origins of Pride, his new young adult novel, "Ziggy, Stardust and Me," and why it's important to embrace LGBTQIA+ history.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Celebrate Audiobook Month with These Great Reads

Audiobooks are an excellent way to combat the dreaded “summer slide,” promoting reading accuracy and allowing young readers with varying reading levels to engage in the same stories together.

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All Ages

Kokila: The New, Inclusive Children’s Imprint

Kokila's mission is not only to publish a greater number of diverse books, but also to embrace a new way of thinking about the publishing model — to impact which authors get a chance to be published and to change which stories land in the hands of diverse young readers.

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Pre-K

Picture Books to Inspire Kids’ Artwork

These eight fantastically illustrated books are particularly perfect for nudging kids to experiment, create, and expand their artistic repertoires.

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Tween

Empowering Girls to Love Math

Could the “math gap” between girls and boys be more about confidence than competence? Math teacher-turned-author Jennifer Swender wants girls to see math as a challenge to overcome rather than a standard of perfection to achieve.

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Tween

Why the Theme of My First Novel Is Childhood Loneliness

As a youngster, I would observe the interaction of siblings or friends with both an aching sense of yearning and a level of dread that proved to be an insurmountable obstacle. Childhood loneliness can be a complicated matter.