Elementary School
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Sweet Picture Books and Rituals for the End of the School Year
These books and activities give students a chance to reflect on all they've learned, share happy memories, and look ahead to a summer of fun.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
20 Books To Help Kids Get Ready for the New School Year
If your child is anxious about transitioning to the next grade or a new school this year, these tales will ease their fears and remind them of all the fun they’ll have in their new classroom.
Tips & Advice
The Difference a School Librarian Can Make, According to One Dad
I consider myself lucky that my daughter got to experience having a really amazing school librarian. I can’t begin to tell you the difference it made to her elementary school years.
Tips & Advice
This Is What Being an Elementary School Librarian Means to Me Today
In one way or another, I have worked in the world of kids’ books for more than two decades now — yet, it wasn’t until I began my job as a librarian four years ago that I truly realized how much books connect and create community.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Teachers Share Their All-Time Favorite Books for Preschoolers and Early Elementary Schoolers
We asked real-life preschool and elementary school teachers to share their favorite books for the classroom. Here are 11 picture books they recommend, plus tips on how to teach them.
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.
Tween
17 Books 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Teachers Should Have in Their Classrooms
We took a peek at the books that upper elementary and middle school kids can’t wait to get their hands on during independent reading time.