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Now Hear This: 10 Engaging Audiobooks for Preschoolers

While not a replacement for reading a book aloud, audiobooks provide many benefits of their own, helping kids to expand their imagination and strengthen their listening, pronunciation, and comprehension skills.

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Books To Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality

These books can serve as resources to help us move beyond tokens and icons to a deeper understanding of our history and its legacy.

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Educational Resources & Activities

With a national emphasis on curbing the coronavirus’ effects on learning, there’s plenty parents and caregivers can do at home to mitigate learning loss and help kids keep core skills sharp.

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Baby & Toddler

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Books That Help Kids Learn a New Language

We know the many benefits of speaking more than one language, so how can we support kids with learning a new language or reinforcing more than one language at home? One way is with bilingual children’s books.

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All Ages

Ain’t Nothing But a Family Thing: Books About All Kinds of Families

From adoption to divorce to same-sex families, kids and parents can find books that explain how all sorts of families are formed in all sorts of ways.

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Tips & Advice

How to Get Kids Into a Learning Mindset at Home

This fall, it may help to think of distance learning as the epitome of growth mindset in action. Let’s set our students up for learning success with a growth mindset perspective, good organization, plenty of technology practice, and, most of all, empathy.

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Books To Help Kids Understand What It’s Like To Be a Refugee

Stories can facilitate dialogue and promote healthy communication around this difficult topic, and help to foster empathy and understanding.

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Growing Reader

Kid-Approved Books for Struggling Second and Third Grade Readers

These tips, along with kid-approved book recommendations, will help parents and educators who have a reluctant second or third grade reader on their hands.

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18 Books for Kids About the Immigrant Experience in America

From picture books to YA nonfiction, these books inspire readers to think deeper about our fellow Americans, their stories, and their experiences.

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13 Inspiring Illustrated Biographies That Introduce Kids to Diverse Heroes

Young readers can find much to consider, relate to, and celebrate in these transcendent biographies of people who’ve had an impact on our lives and culture.

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9 Kids' Books on Slavery

These books explore the painful history of American slavery — a necessity, if we’re to understand and reckon with present-day racism.

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Black Girl Magic: 35 Picture Books Featuring Black Female Protagonists

There are so many wonderful picture books that feature strong, Black females. Here are 35 favorites that are great for all kinds of readers.

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