Adventure
All Ages
Backseat Reading: Best Books for a Long Car Ride
These wonderful series and fabulous stand-alone stories will distract even the antsiest kid from the passing miles on your next long car trip or vacation.
Tween
The Best Bedtime Stories for 9- to 12-Year-Olds
Nighttime adventures await! Tuck into one of these classic or contemporary bedtime stories with your big kid tonight.
Tween
9 Fantastic Chapter Books for Fourth Graders
There are tons of fantastic titles available to fourth graders, whether they’re looking for humor, fantasy, or realistic stories. Here are just a few to choose from!
Tween
10 Middle Grade Stories Featuring Boys Tweens Can Admire
Today's kid lit features so many rich portrayals of boys being, thinking, or doing all kinds of good things — gloriously large and beautifully small.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
8 Kids’ Books for Mulan Fans
From retellings of the Disney film to stories you should read next, here are some books to explore if your child loves Mulan.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Before and After the Thaw: Books for Fans of Frozen
Get ready for Frozen 2! These books will appeal to kids who love all things Anna and Elsa, but who might also enjoy learning about some other special young ladies, too.
Growing Reader
25 Early Chapter Books for Boys
There are more quality chapter books for boys in existence now than ever before — though any young reader, boy or girl, is sure to appreciate the stories’ humor, adventure, and heart.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Is Your Kid Obsessed with Star Wars? Here’s What They Should Read Next.
We've assembled a quick, age-appropriate list of books that will delight any kid who has consumed all things Star Wars and doesn’t know what to read next.
Tween
Unexpected Paths: Encouraging Middle Grade Readers to Look Beyond the Obvious
Middle grade books have the power to depict different paths and how to find them at a time when everything seems to be changing in a young person’s life and the “right” path might not seem obvious.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave Inspires Resilience in Children (and Adults!)
The pressure to meet expectations can be hard for little humans to wrestle with. Jessica Hische’s new picture book tackles this idea head-on.
Tween
9 Laugh-Out-Loud Adventure Tales for Tweens
With exhilarating quests, humorous characters and plots, and even a few hair-raising scares, these adventure stories will keep middle grade readers on the edge of their seats — and laughing as they flip the pages.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Classroom Read-Alouds and Activities to Inspire Screen-Free Summer Adventures
Here are nine picture books to read aloud in the final weeks of school to spark ideas for simple, tech-free summer fun.