Family
All Ages
One Step at a Time: 13 Books About Blended Families
Navigating the world of stepfamilies can be difficult, but reading about characters going through the family-blending process can help kids work through challenging times.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
4 Tips to Help Blended Families Connect
Blending a family doesn’t happen overnight. It's our job as parents to cut up the process into chewable moments to nurture a sense of safety that can ripen into feelings of family. Here are four tips to help blended families connect.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
10 Books That Embrace What Makes Kids Unique
These books for kids and teens celebrate the unique strengths and struggles of characters with physical, educational, or psychological differences.
Tween
9 Fantastic Chapter Books for Fourth Graders
There are tons of fantastic titles available to fourth graders, whether they’re looking for humor, fantasy, or realistic stories. Here are just a few to choose from!
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Read Around the World: 16 Books for Kids and Teens
Reading stories from other parts of the world is fun and helps kids appreciate other cultures. Go on a virtual vacation with these kids' books!
Tween
9 Essential Coming-of-Age Novels for Tweens
Is there anything harder than being a tween? These powerful coming-of-age novels can help kids navigate this tumultuous time in their lives.
Tween
19 Book Recommendations for Kids Who Loved Wonder
The best books profoundly change us. Like Wonder, these books push us toward greater empathy, compassion, and acceptance of differences.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
7 Kids' Books That Celebrate Military Families
For service members with young children, books can be a wonderful resource for navigating and normalizing all the emotions that go along with being a military family.
All Ages
16 Great LGBTQIA+ Books for Kids and Teens
These books aren’t just for families with a direct connection to LGBTQIA+ issues; everyone can benefit from these books' messages of unconditional love and acceptance.
Grown-Up Reads
11 Books to Help You Survive the First Year of Parenthood
These great parenting books can help you navigate the ups and downs of your first year as a parent, from sleep training and feeding your little one to finding time and energy for yourself.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
My Go-To Picture Books for Reading as a Family
Elyssa Friedland shares the five books that successfully entertain her three children, who span the ages of four to ten.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Books and Tips to Help Children Understand Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Many adults wonder how best to talk to children when a beloved family member or friend is struggling with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. These tips and resources can help.
Tips & Advice
Why Should Dads Read with Their Kids? I’m Glad You Asked …
The statement “It’s important for dads to read with their kids” sounds painfully obvious, but there's more to it than dads might think.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Storytime Surprises: Sophie Kinsella’s Favorite Books to Read as a Family
All five of my children spent much of their babyhoods sitting on my knee, turning pages, lifting flaps, and learning the greatest question of all time: What happens next?
