Teen
Smothering: Holding Our Kids Close, But Knowing When to Let Go
Nicola Yoon, mom and author of Everything, Everything, shares her hard-fought realization that protecting your child necessarily means letting them go.
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Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
7 Books That Help Parents Explain All the Things We Don’t Know How to Explain
For parents out there who are frantically trying to explain why the sky is blue, these remarkable books can help you explain everything from puberty to mortality to all the esoteric things in between.
Tween
10 Thoughtful Novels That Deal with Divorce for Tweens
If you know a middle grade reader who is struggling to understand their parents’ separation or divorce, we hope these books will help them feel a little less alone.
Tween
Ruth Behar on Being Broken and Finding Strength
We chatted with the author of Lucky Broken Girl about her semi-autobiographical novel for middle grade readers and finding the strength to move through life’s obstacles.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brand-New to America and Learning, One Book at a Time
Author and ELL teacher Ruth Freeman shares some of the challenges children learning to read in English encounter and which stories get her students hooked on books.
Just For Fun
I’m Nearing the End of Bedtime Reading with My Daughter and It’s Breaking My Heart
I can feel time creeping up on us. And lately it’s been hitting me in an unexpected location. Bedtime reading.
Teen
5 Secrets to Help Decode Your Teen’s Behavior
Parenting teens can be a roller coaster ride filled with mood swings, arguments, and confusion. Vanessa Van Edwards, a human behavior investigator, offers insights to help parents better understand why teens act the way they do.
Tips & Advice
Why the Music of Reading Aloud Matters for Kids
We talked to a reading expert to find out how reading prosody — a.k.a. the art of reading with inflection and emphasis — impacts fluency and understanding for kids.
Just For Fun
11 of the Best Moms in Children’s Literature
We asked our contributors to share some of their best-loved mothers in children's literature. Here are the ma's, mothers, and grandmas — kind, funny, smart, and strong — who've touched their hearts.
Tween
Seawater in the Veins and Words in the Heart: A Q&A with Lauren Wolk
Lauren Wolk, author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, chatted with us about her books' vibrant settings and characters, and shared the books she's loved reading most with her family.
