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Growing Reader
Tween

6 Things Parents Can Do to Get Their Daughters Excited About STEM

Too few girls are getting the message that STEM fields are exciting, imaginative, and fun. Here are six things parents can do to get their daughters psyched about STEM subjects.

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Pre-K

5 Things You’ll Want to Know About Anna Dewdney’s Little Excavator

We connected with Anna Dewdney’s longtime editor, Tracy Gates, who gave us an introduction to this adorable new read from Dewdney and offered us five insights into how Little Excavator came to be.

New Christmas Classic Books
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader

10 Christmas Classics to Read This Holiday Season

Just like a Christmas tree and the gifts under it, stories play a special part in holiday celebrations. These new Christmas classics are ones you'll love reading time and again.

Rachel Starnes on Motherhood and Writing
Grown-Up Reads

How the Urgency of Motherhood Made Me a Writer

Rachel Starnes shares how the recent publication of her first book, a memoir of her marriage and journey into parenthood, has afforded her the opportunity to reflect on the role of writing in her life.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Books That Help Kids Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes

Kids highly recommend these books that build empathy and understanding of our diverse world by allowing readers to walk in someone else’s shoes for a while.

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Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice

How Creating a Family Code of Conduct Can Help Parents Better Communicate with Their Sons

Author and educator Tim Hawkes discusses how developing a collectively agreed upon code of conduct can help family members connect and communicate.

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Grown-Up Reads

Hot for Holiday: The Best Books to Buy This Winter

We’ve pulled together some great new books, with suggestions of who might appreciate them, to help you with your holiday shopping. Happy giving!

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Growing Reader
Tween

Why Your Kids Are Still Talking About Minecraft 5 Years Later

Five years ago this month, Minecraft 1.0 was officially released for download. Why are kids still so enthralled by this game? We asked an insider to find out.

Audiobooks for Holiday Travel
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

AudioFile Magazine’s Top 10 Audiobooks for Holiday Travel

All cries of “Are we there yet?” will vanish as the whole family listens, spellbound, to these absorbing audios.

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Growing Reader
Tween

How Fantasy Novels Help Kids Explore the Messiness of Real Life

In kids’ literature, fantasy is interpreted as a “safe zone” for young readers, where the author leaves the icky messiness of real life outside the wardrobe door. But not only is leaving out the icky messiness of real life unwise, it’s pretty much impossible. The icky messiness is what it’s all about.