Educator Resources
Tween
8 Ways to Prevent Tweens from Backsliding This Summer
You can prevent dreaded summer learning loss by keeping your kids’ brains engaged throughout the summer. Here’s how.
Tween
10 Middle Grade Adventures for Kids Interested in But Not Yet Ready for YA
Adventure-loving tweens who are drawn to, but not quite ready for, the thrilling action of teen series like The Hunger Games are sure to get hooked on these fast-paced middle grade stories.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
From Teacher to Parent: Positive Discipline Tools That Work
The Positive Discipline approach provides a model that takes everyday misbehaviors and turns these trying moments into opportunities to teach children the important life skills they’ll need to be successful in the long-term.
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Democracy Begins at Home: Books to Teach Kids About Our American Government
Here are some books that we can read together to begin to pass the torch of democracy and liberty on to our kids. (And maybe we grown-ups can learn a thing or two as well.)
Growing Reader
Tween
Coding for Kids: A Programming Languages Primer for Parents and Teachers
Confused about what coding explorations are best for kids? Here are some insights to better understand some of the most popular programming languages for beginners.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Books About Books: 8 Children's Stories That Celebrate the Joy of Reading
These picture books zero in on the pure joy of storytelling and are just the thing for parents who want to plant and nurture the love of reading in their children.
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.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: How to Get Your Teacher Ready
Settle in and enjoy How to Get Your Teacher Ready, a new picture book that joyfully celebrates all that educators know and do for their students.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Read These, You Will: Star Wars Books for Every Kind of Kid
No matter what kind of reader your young Jedi is, there's a Star Wars book to match. From crafty kids to super fans, we've rounded up some of the best.
Just For Fun
7 Authors Celebrate the Teachers They'll Never Forget
For Teacher Appreciation Week, we asked a few authors to reflect on the teachers that changed their lives for the better, in ways big and small.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Read Globally: 7 Folktales, Fables, and Stories That Introduce Chinese Culture and History to Kids
Learn more about the beauty and wonder of China with these books by Chinese authors, retellings of traditional folktales, and new stories set in China.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
8 Visual and Very Fun Biography Series for Young Readers
These visual and captivating biographies of famous and historically significant people are specifically geared towards kids ages 3 to 8.
