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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
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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.

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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.

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Tween

2016 Holiday Gifts for Tween Readers Ages 9 – 12

Here you’ll find gift ideas for every type of tween reader on your holiday list whether she likes magical adventures or he loves humorous crime-solving dogs.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Exploring Furthermore, Fantastical Worlds, and Fashion with Author Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh Mafi is the author of Furthermore, a spellbinding middle grade novel about two kids on an epic and magical adventure.

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Growing Reader

2016 Holiday Gifts for Growing Readers Ages 6 – 8

Here's our holiday shortlist of activity books, new titles, themed sets, and some particularly special books for the 6- to 8-year-olds in your life.

Children's Books About Adoption
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Growing Reader

We Belong Together: 4 Wonderful Picture Books That Feature Adoptive Families

Every adoption is a celebration, the culmination of a journey to create a family, and these picture books featuring adoptive families would broaden and diversify any family's bookshelves.

2016 Holiday Gifts for Little Readers Ages 3 - 5
Pre-K

2016 Holiday Gifts for Little Readers Ages 3 – 5

We’ve combed through tons of recent books to find the ones that are sure to be winners not just when they’re unwrapped but for dozens and dozens of re-readings too.