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Teen

Writing Through Fear: A Chat with Ashley Woodfolk About Her Heartbreaking YA Novel

In The Beauty That Remains, Ashley Woodfolk presents a moving story for teen readers about love and the ways in which grief can unexpectedly suspend one’s life.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

Teen

Authors Share Their Favorite Kids’ Books About Girls, Written by Women

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we asked all kinds of authors to share their favorite female-led books for kids, written by women. From picture books to YA novels, here are the fantastic stories they recommend.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Finding the Space Between Words and Images: Inside an Illustrator’s Process

That space between what the written words are saying and what the pictures are showing is where all the power and wonder are hidden.

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Grown-Up Reads

Tips & Advice

How to Help Your Daughter Manage Her Inner Critic

A girl’s inner critic can stop her from showcasing her strengths and building her social relationships. Fortunately, there are things parents can do to help.

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Teen

The Books That Would’ve Kept Me Reading as a 16-Year-Old Boy

Here’s a list of books I wish I had read when I was a teenager; maybe one of them would have convinced me to keep going with books even when literary fiction didn’t suit me just yet.

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Tween

Teen

A Sneak Peek at Some of the Rad Girls Shaping Our Future

Rad Girls Can shows us the potential and the power of young, creative, hopeful, brilliant girls, and all that they can do in this world.

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Grown-Up Reads

Tomorrow It’s Me and You — And No List

When I got sick, I quickly felt the pull of the Bucket List. What better way to approach dying than the way that I approached living: Let’s get things done! If life was a series of experiences, I should check off all the boxes while I still had the chance.

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Tween

10 of the Most Memorable Siblings in Middle Grade Literature

Celebrate Siblings Day on April 10 with these middle grade books about the ups and downs of sibling relationships: the fierce love, the turtle-eating, and everything in between.

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Tween

Chris Grabenstein and Russell Ginns Make the Case for Puzzle-Filled Kids’ Books

These two fantastic authors know a lot about books that pull tweens into the action and keep them guessing right until the very end.

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Tips & Advice

The Power of the Right Book To Let Our Kids Know We See Them

This is what I can tell you as an author and as a mom: discovering one’s presence in books like my son did is what makes kids feel like they EXIST.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Kobi Yamada on Embracing Our Ideas and the Chances That Come Our Way

We spoke with Kobi Yamada ahead of the release of What Do You Do With a Chance? and his insights were as inspiring as his books.

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Teen

The Books I Fell in Love with as an Awkward Immigrant Teenager

I couldn’t leave the country without a green card, but at least I could lie in bed, open a book, and escape into someone else’s miserable life. These titles resonated with me at that age and remain some of my favorites.

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