Pre-K
Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: Here Comes Teacher Cat
Read along with Here Comes Teacher Cat, a charming picture book about adorable kitties who have an unexpectedly fun day at school.
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Growing Reader
Tween
Meet the Illustrator: Chris Eliopoulos
In this installment of Meet the Illustrator, the author-illustrator known for his distinctive work on the Ordinary People Change the World series shares how he fell in love with writing and illustrating, ponders his love of monsters, and draws a self-portrait in his signature style.
Grown-Up Reads
How Reading Picture Books Helps Me Cut Through the Noise of Autism
In this excerpt from Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, Naoki Higashida describes the moment when reading picture books “clicked” for him as a child with nonverbal autism.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
The Best Children’s and YA Books of August 2017
From an underwater retelling of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to sparkly unicorns, wicked bugs, and twisty magic, there’s lots of reading fun to be had this month.
Just For Fun
Grown-Up Reads
If You Were a Teen in the ’80s or ’90s, You’ll Love These Books
If you're nostalgic for the kinds of books and entertainment you fell hard for in the 1980s and 1990s, check out these rad new adult and YA reads.
Just For Fun
That Feeling When You Re-Read Books from Childhood as an Adult
In this comic, Siobhán Gallagher perfectly captures the joy that is re-reading a beloved story from childhood as an adult.
Grown-Up Reads
3 New Must-Have Books About Strength, Resilience, and Grit
Books that feature true strength, resilience, and grit — whether the story is about an actual or fictional person — can be profoundly inspiring.
Tween
How I Found My Surrogate Family, and Strength, in a Most Unlikely Place
I believe in finding unexpected friendships. I believe in loving and supporting people who maybe seem different from us but really are so much the same.
Baby & Toddler
The New Books Destined to Become Baby Shower Classics
These new books have a beautiful, timeless feeling and are destined to become classics for a new generation of parents.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Meet the Illustrator: Jay Fleck
In our Meet the Illustrator conversation, Jay shares his favorite illustration from Black Belt Bunny, creates an awesome self-portrait, and recommends a new illustrated book he thinks is super cool.
