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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Helping Kids Think Like Writers: A Talk with Frindle Author Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements has dozens of titles to his name, from picture books to novels to early reader chapter books, including Frindle, a middle grade novel about the power of language and invention.