☀️ Quiz: What Should the Kids Read Next? ☀️
Quiz: What Should the Kids Read Next?
What are the best books for 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds? We went to the experts to find out. Here, the 50 best for growing readers.
Poetry is meant to be heard, so have your kids lend an ear to these joyous and heartfelt audiobooks in verse.
Perfect for the not-so-gung-ho poetry reader, these books do a fantastic job of making poetry stop looking academic and start looking very cool.
These poetry books by Black authors speak to, celebrate, and empower children of color, making them essential reads for any child's bookshelf.
Each of these comic novels is a solid dose of good medicine -- not only in a big-picture kind of way, but also as a remedy for reluctant readers.
Even if your teen isn’t big on poetry, he or she will find something to love in these captivating stories.
Poetry packs an emotional punch, and novels in verse are perfect for tweens that feel deeply. These middle grade novels highlight diverse stories of family, fitting in, and finding our way in the world.
A great way to introduce little readers to poetry is through beautiful picture books with lyrical language that shows the world as a place full of wonder. These poetic picture books are the perfect place to start.
With fun rhythm and rhyme, the stories that unfold across the pages of these picture and board books are great first introductions to poems.
This powerful story of a young African American boy who dreams of a world without segregation and discrimination is sure to encourage discussions around racism and hope for change to come.
These diverse poetry picture books are entertaining, beautiful, and meaningful — making them excellent picks for kids.
At a time in their lives when standardization and constraints are increasing, poetry gives kids permission to take risks and push against “impossibilities.”
Throughout his life, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo has witnessed poetry’s ability to spur the imagination and take readers “beyond language, beyond the literal.”
These novels for elementary schoolers, middle schoolers, and teens are standouts for their memorable characters and plots and the ways that the authors use verse to tell the stories.
