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9 Children’s Book Authors on the Joys of Summer Reading
The best reading recommendations oftentimes come from authors themselves. So we asked kids' book authors to share their best tips, titles, and advice for how to make summer reading special. Here's what they had to say.
Teen
The 8 Most Lovably Awkward Characters in YA Books
Awkwardness is one of the best traits in a literary character. YA authors Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison pay tribute to a few of the greats!
Growing Reader
Tween
Aha! Fun and Yummy Science Experiments Kids Can Do at Home
Kids love a good science experiment, and these books are jam-packed with hands-on activities that will engage your children for hours.
Growing Reader
Tween
Why The BFG Is My Daughter’s Favorite Roald Dahl Book
The BFG is not Dahl’s most famous work, so why does my kid treasure it above all of his other books? It all comes down to this universal feeling.
Tips & Advice
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Summer
If we let it, summer can easily pass us by in a whirlwind. Here are five ideas to help you make the most of summertime with your family.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
The Best Children’s Books of Summer 2016
Kick off the summer book season with one of these hot new picture book and chapter book releases!
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Meet the Illustrator: Juana Medina
Little kids will love 1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book, Juana Medina's picture book featuring vegetables transformed into adorably expressive animals.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
How I Learned to Curb My Parental Expectations and Love the Boy I Got
Here are five common expectations about raising children that I frequently heard from parents, things many of us think we want for our kids, and the realities of each.
Growing Reader
Tween
My BFG: A Special Note from Roald Dahl's Daughter
Lucy Dahl opens a window into her childhood as the daughter of creative genius Roald Dahl and shares how the BFG took shape in the nightly bedtime stories he told.
Grown-Up Reads
5 Things I Never Expected to Love About Being a Dad
I always imagined that I would have a son — but, instead of sons, I had three daughters. And from the time they came into the world, bright pink and bawling, I never looked back, not even for a moment.