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Tween

6 Fascinating Things You Might Not Know About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Even if you are a fan like myself, you probably live with a number of misconceptions about Laura Ingalls Wilder. Here are six things you might not know about her life.

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Baby & Toddler

Bookshelf Must-Have: Open the Garage Door

This sturdy lift-the-flap book is full of exciting surprises and fun vehicles that will keep your baby or toddler delighted each and every reading.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

The Best Children’s and YA Books of February 2018

From stories about inspiring trailblazers to timely tales of inclusion and compassion, there’s plenty of great new books to keep young readers feeling warm on the inside this month.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

Storytime Surprises: Sophie Kinsella’s Favorite Books to Read as a Family

All five of my children spent much of their babyhoods sitting on my knee, turning pages, lifting flaps, and learning the greatest question of all time: What happens next?

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Talking Love with Matt de la Peña

"Humans are often consumed with human things. But love is everywhere, even in inanimate objects. We’re so lucky to be alive. To know the sky, and the smell of the ocean, and the power of a storm."

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Grown-Up Reads

The Best Grown-Up Reads of February 2018

This February offers an especially enticing group of fiction and nonfiction — books so engaging that they’re sure to beat the mid-winter blues.

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Tween

Role Models in Science Fiction? My Daughters Asked Where They Were

It was a weeknight and one of my twin daughters, who was in middle school at the time, had marched into the room, brandishing a book she’d finished. “Why are books with science in them always about boys?” she wanted to know.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Brightly Storytime: The Night Before Valentine’s Day

We're gearing up for Valentine's Day with a special reading of The Night Before Valentine's Day, an adorable picture book by Natasha Wing with illustrations by Heidi Petach.

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Teen

The Page-Turning Allure of the British Upper Class

M. A. Bennett shares the personal experience that inspired S.T.A.G.S., her YA mystery about a girl who wins a scholarship to an exclusive English boarding school.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Teachers Share Their All-Time Favorite Books for Preschoolers and Early Elementary Schoolers

We asked real-life preschool and elementary school teachers to share their favorite books for the classroom. Here are 11 picture books they recommend, plus tips on how to teach them.