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How to Find Time to Read When You Have Young Kids

There are the obvious times to squeeze in reading when you have young kids (during naptime, before bed). Here are a few other parent-tested ideas.

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Tween

Paranormal Plots: 5 Ghoulishly Great Ghost Stories for Tweens

In honor of the scariest time of year, author Michelle Schusterman shares her five favorite ghost stories for tween readers.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Get Your Slink On: 10 Picture Books for National Reptile Awareness Day

Looking to celebrate National Reptile Awareness Day? Or entertain your reptile lover? These ten picture books feature crocodiles, alligators, lizards, and more!

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Teen

Write Now: How Teens Can Start Their Own Writing Group

Teens who love to read have the foundation for being excellent writers — one of the best ways for teens to develop their craft is to start a writing group.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Make a Date with Hogwarts: 7 Ways to Read Harry Potter as a Family

If you’re looking for some fun ways to stretch out your time with Harry and his friends, and make this special series a family event, we have some suggestions.

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Tween

Teen

Get to Know the 5 Finalists for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

The National Book Awards just announced the finalists for the 2015 Young People’s Literature Award. Here's a closer look at the five nominees.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

How to Help Kids Find the Funny in Their Fears

Bethany Barton, author of I'm Trying to Love Spiders, shares how laughter can help kids (and grown-ups!) overcome their fears.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Teen

Read Me! 6 Delightful Books for Fans of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

If you’re a big fan of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, here are six tremendous books for kids and teens inspired by its indelible legacy.

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Tween

How Unique Characters Can Teach Us About Ourselves and Each Other

Author Marilyn Hilton discusses the importance of diverse characters in books and shares how her own children inspired her middle grade novel, Full Cicada Moon.

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Teen

5 YA Favorites for Hispanic Heritage Month

To celebrate a month of tribute to Hispanic Americans, our friends at NYPL compiled a list of their five favorite young adult books written by Hispanic authors.

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Growing Reader

Bouncing Back: Books and Activities That Teach Kids Resilience

Former Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis shares how reading about kindness and compassion helped her students overcome grief and come out on the other side of tragedy.

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Baby & Toddler

Why 30 Million Words Are Critical to Your Child’s Future Success

We talked to Professor Dana Suskind, MD, founder of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, to find out how something as simple as talking is linked to lifelong success.

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