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Pre-K
Growing Reader

7 Picture Books for Children Moving to a New Home

A few picture books go a long way to opening a discussion and helping children know what to expect before the big moving day.

The Books the Thing
All Ages

The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids of All Ages

Books inspired by the Bard! These fun retellings can help make Shakespeare accessible and entertaining to kids and young adults.

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Just For Fun

5 Fun Parenting Lessons from the Animal Kingdom

These sweet, funny, and oh-so-real animal facts prove that there are parenting lessons to be found among all species — humans, bees, and sharks alike.

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Baby & Toddler

The Best Shakespeare-Inspired Baby Names

Shakespeare’s plays are rife with beautiful, meaningful names that would make for great present-day baby names.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Meet the Illustrator: Hudson Talbott

Hudson Talbott, author-illustrator of Picturing America: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art, discusses why he shares humor through art, the value of encyclopedias, and more.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Class Read-Alouds Teachers and Kids Will Adore

The right class read-aloud (one that both students and teachers enjoy) can spark a love affair with books or introduce new interests in children.

Q and A with Mary Pope Osborne
Growing Reader
Tween

Traveling the World with Magic Tree House: A Q&A with Mary Pope Osborne

With more than 50 books, the Magic Tree House series has inspired kids everywhere to pick up a book and join Jack and Annie on their adventures through time and space.

Author Daniel James Brown
Growing Reader
Tween

Pulling Together in Hard Times: A Q&A with Daniel James Brown

Daniel James Brown discusses this inspiring story of nine young men who bonded amidst a historic travesty, the perils of adapting a grown-up read for young readers, and more.

The Brightly Interview with LeVar Burton
Just For Fun

The Brightly Interview: LeVar Burton

Few have done more to bring the love of reading to every child, everywhere than LeVar Burton, a beloved storyteller across the generations and a children’s book author in his own right.

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All Ages

The Jungle Book and Beyond: Wild Reads for All Ages

Before you take your kids to see Mowgli on the big screen, don’t forget to introduce them to Kipling’s classic along with some other wonderful animal tales.