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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader

The Books That I Am Never Taking Off My Daughter’s Bookshelf

Here is a short list of the books that I've insisted remain on my family's bookshelves (and the reasons why they’ve earned a permanent spot in our collection).

Liesl Shurtliff Recounts Her 7 Favorite Books from Childhood
Growing Reader
Tween

Liesl Shurtliff Recounts Her 7 Favorite Books from Childhood

Liesl Shurtliff, author of Rump, Jack, and Brightly's Book Club pick Red, recounts the books she loved as a child and how they influence her writing today.

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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K

Throw a Where the Wild Things Are Birthday Party

Where the Wild Things Are makes for a perfect party theme for little ones. Here are some of our favorite ideas for throwing your very own wild rumpus.

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Tips & Advice

How Reading Comics Can Bring You Closer to Your Kids

Sharing impossible fictions with our kids moves us out of the realm of explaining and into the realm of wondering. In doing so, it puts us closer to them.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

8 Kids’ Books That Celebrate Diverse and Courageous Historical Figures

Author Clay Swartz recommends his favorite kids’ reads that showcase some of the coolest, classiest, and most courageous historical figures of all time.

Middle Grade and YA Adaptations of Adult Bestsellers
Tween
Teen

Read Like a Grown-Up: 10 Great Middle Grade and YA Adaptations of Adult Bestsellers

Young adult and middle grade adaptations of popular adult books allow you and your kids to share great stories together — in a new way.

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Growing Reader
Tween

On Learning to Take Fairy Tales Seriously

I love fairy tales because they might seem like simple stories on the outside, but dig a little and you’ll realize they have hidden oceans of meaning.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

Where We Come From: Books and Activities to Help Capture Your Family History

If you're looking for ways to get your kids interested in learning about and participating in your family history, try these books and activities.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

5 Ways To Use Picture Books To Build Kids’ Language Skills

In addition to being an ideal bonding experience, reading a book to your child can also be a great vehicle for helping them develop many important language skills.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Meet the Illustrator: Michael Rex

Vehicle-obsessed kids and their parents will love the sly humor of Michael Rex's imaginative picture book With Any Luck, I’ll Drive a Truck.