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Tween

17 Middle Grade Books to Look Forward to in 2017

Check out our list of incredible 2017 middle grade books! We’ve found 17 brand-new stories coming out in 2017 that we think tweens will love.

Picture Books 2017
Pre-K
Growing Reader

17 Picture Books Not to Be Missed in 2017

2017 boasts new picture books from bestselling authors, funny debuts, poetry collections, inspirational biographies, and much, much more.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Illustrators Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson on Giving A Poem for Peter Its Visual Depth

We chatted with the illustrators behind A Poem for Peter about how they reacted when they found out they’d be working on the book, why collage is so exciting to create, and what even the most experienced artists can learn from children.

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Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice

Beyond the Naughty and Nice List: Keeping Kids on Their Best Behavior At the Holidays and All Year Round

Authors John and Karen Miller want to help moms and dads parent through the holidays and forever more not with threats, gimmicks, and manipulative tricks, but by teaching kids to take accountability for their behavior. Here are their tips.

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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader

The Mom Who Wants Her Kids to Fall Asleep: One Family Takes the Bestselling Sleep Book for a Test Run

A mom of pre-K twins shares what happened when she tried reading the bestselling The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep with her kids at bedtime.

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Tips & Advice

5 Small But Important Life Lessons from Together Is Better to Share with Your Kids

Simon Sinek's new picture book, Together Is Better, may be written for adults, but it contains valuable life lessons that make it a great read-aloud for young kids.

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Growing Reader
Tween

7of My Bad Habits — And Why I’m Amazed I Wrote a Book At All

Iva-Marie Palmer reveals the cover of her new middle grade novel, Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook, which she started while pregnant with her second son and and eventually finished writing despite some (oh-so-relateable) bad habits.

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Grown-Up Reads

Reflections on Faith and Art: Madeleine L’Engle’s Search for Solace in Storytelling

Charlotte Jones Voiklis, granddaughter of Madeleine L'Engle, explores how writing the beloved A Wrinkle in Time helped L'Engle reconcile the pain and suffering in the world with her faith in a loving creator.

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Growing Reader
Tween

My Path to Peter: Andrea Davis Pinkney on Bringing Ezra Jack Keats and The Snowy Day to Life

I was born in the inner city in 1963, the same year Ezra Jack Keats won the Caldecott medal for The Snowy Day. I’m thankful I came into this world with that book to greet me.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Bookshelf Must-Have: Me: A Compendium

From the creative geniuses at Wee Society comes Me: A Compendium, a colorful and whimsical write-in journal designed to show off what makes every child unique.