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Growing Reader
Tween

When Reading Is Hard: A New Way to Help Your Child Move Forward

How can parents support kids through reading challenges without adding to the pressure the child may already be feeling? A strength-based approach can help.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

If You Haven’t Read These Dr. Seuss Books to Your Kids, You’re Missing Out

Are you missing out on some of Dr. Seuss's best books to read aloud to kids? See if you know these lesser-known, delightful-to-read stories.

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Just For Fun

Adorable Picture Book Artwork for Nurseries, Kids’ Rooms, and Beyond from Penguin Print House

Enter for the chance to win a print from the new Penguin Print House collection, a $100 credit to Framebridge, and a collection of picture books.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Simple Gestures to Spark Greater Compassion: Holly McGhee on Her Timely Story for Children

Come with Me is a story about spreading kindness and compassion in troubled times. Here, Holly M. McGhee shares the inspirations behind the timely tale.

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Grown-Up Reads

13 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About This Fall

Whether you’re looking to read some new literary fiction, sci-fi, nonfiction, thrillers, or anything in between, fall 2017 has it all.

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Tween

Cassie Beasley on Hidden Talents, Hard Work, and Tangling with Swamp Creatures

We were thrilled to chat with Cassie Beasley to get an inside look at the inspiration behind her highly anticipated new book, Tumble and Blue, hear what messages she hopes readers will take away from the story, and discover her quirky little talent.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

The Best Children’s and YA Books of September 2017

From a new tale from Mark Twain to timely words from our friends on Sesame Street to a wise wishtree, world-consuming video game, and more, there are tons of great new reads to savor this September.

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Just For Fun

#TFW You Realize You’re Raising a Little Book-Lover

From overflowing bookshelves at home to lugging your kid's books with you everywhere you go, you’ll surely relate to these everyday #TFW (that feeling when) moments if you're a parent to a voracious young reader.

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Teen

17 Must-Read YA Books of Fall 2017

With an abundance of new releases hitting the shelves, fall is a great time to be a YA reader. And this fall is shaping up to be one of the best for bookworms yet.

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Tween

19 Middle Grade Books Tweens Will Love in Fall 2017

Get tweens back into the reading groove this school year with these fresh and exciting new releases. Check out fall's best books for middle grade readers.