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Just For Fun
Grown-Up Reads

Whatever You Do, Do Not Buy These Books This Holiday Season

If we can help one person not give a terribly misguided book this year, this will all be worth it.

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Grown-Up Reads

Fantastic Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups

For the children grown old among us, here’s a list of fables and fairy tales filled with royalty, impossible love, adventure, and a splash of magic.

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All Ages

8 Christmas Books for the Whole Family

Finding holiday books the entire family will enjoy can be tough. These eight books will delight kids of all ages (and, yes, that means you, too).

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Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

Books to Help Kids Make Sense of Challenging Current Events

These books can help children discuss and better process difficult world events such as war, immigration, discrimination, and environmental conservation.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Why Reading the Same Book Repeatedly Is Good for Kids

Despite its annoyances for parents, repetitive reading offers a surprising number of benefits for new readers.

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8 of the Most Overlooked (Yet Completely Awesome) Series for Young Adults

Already read The Hunger Games and Divergent? The next time you or your teen are looking for a good book, give one of these less-read YA series a chance.

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Tween

12 Books About Friendship for Middle Grade Readers

One of the biggest challenges of parenting is figuring out how to help your child learn how to navigate sticky social situations. A good book, at the right time, can help.

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All Ages

Books We’re Thankful For: 6 Parents on the Kids’ Books They Love

In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked some phenomenal moms and dads what kids’ books they were most thankful for. Here’s what they told us.

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Grown-Up Reads

2015 Holiday Gift Guide: Grown-Ups

Our 2015 holiday gift guide for grown-ups is filled with book ideas for everyone on your list, along with great non-book gift ideas for friends and family.

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Growing Reader

The Super Simple Way to Help Your Kids Become Stronger Readers

Dyad reading is a very effective method of teaching reading that draws upon multiple senses. Surprisingly, many parents have never heard of it.