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Liesl Shurtliff, author of Rump, Jack, and Brightly's Book Club pick Red, recounts the books she loved as a child and how they influence her writing today.
Author Clay Swartz recommends his favorite kids’ reads that showcase some of the coolest, classiest, and most courageous historical figures of all time.
I love fairy tales because they might seem like simple stories on the outside, but dig a little and you’ll realize they have hidden oceans of meaning.
Vehicle-obsessed kids and their parents will love the sly humor of Michael Rex's imaginative picture book With Any Luck, I’ll Drive a Truck.
As a reader, there are few things more enjoyable than turning the page and being utterly shocked by what comes next. These YA thrillers promise that and more.
If you want to create, connect, and have fun as a family, here are ten simple ideas to help you get the most out of creative family time.
When my daughters were young, we read all over the city. They are older now, and read without me, but I hope that these places where we used to read, and the books we read there, will stay with them.
It is actually possible to take a fantastic family trip — and if you are lucky enough to have the time and the resources to travel with your kid, you totally should. However, you should read this first.
The best reading recommendations oftentimes come from authors themselves. So we asked kids' book authors to share their best tips, titles, and advice for how to make summer reading special. Here's what they had to say.
Awkwardness is one of the best traits in a literary character. YA authors Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison pay tribute to a few of the greats!
Little kids will love 1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book, Juana Medina's picture book featuring vegetables transformed into adorably expressive animals.
Here are five common expectations about raising children that I frequently heard from parents, things many of us think we want for our kids, and the realities of each.
