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How Travel Helps Encourage Family Bonding

The shared experience of visiting a new place can create cherished memories, foster thoughtful conversations, and form deeper family relationships.

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Baby & Toddler

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Books Set on Every Continent & A Printable Reading Activity

Explore our reading lists by continent and download our printable map to keep track of all the amazing places your young reader discovers.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Travel the World With These Picture Books for Children

If you’ve ever dreamed of strolling through the winding streets of Europe, experiencing the vastness of Asia, or learning about the history of Africa, dive into these marvelous picture books about countries around the world.

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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!

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Just For Fun

10 Times When a Book Is a Better Gift Than a Toy

Do you know what makes a great substitute for toys in almost any gift-giving situation? Books! Here are ten times when buying a book instead of another brightly hued hunk of plastic is definitely the way to go.

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Baby & Toddler

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The Ultimate Audiobooks for Summer 2017

The long summer days (and nights) are a great time to introduce your kiddos to the beauty of listening along to wonderful stories. Here are some great new audiobooks for families.

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Tips & Advice

How to Pack for a Trip with Kids (Without Losing Your Mind)

Packing for a trip is hard enough. Packing for yourself AND your children seems impossible. Would you believe me if I told you it could be fun?

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Growing Reader

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Teen

AudioFile Magazine’s Top 10 Audiobooks for Holiday Travel

All cries of “Are we there yet?” will vanish as the whole family listens, spellbound, to these absorbing audios.

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Grown-Up Reads

La Vie en Rose: A Historical Novelist and Her Daughter Travel to Paris in the Name of Research

Last summer, as I was nearing completion of my latest novel, The Velvet Hours, I needed one last trip to Paris to do some final fact checking.

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Grown-Up Reads

Tips & Advice

You Deserve a Vacation, Too: What to Do If Your Kid Is a Terrible Traveler

It is actually possible to take a fantastic family trip — and if you are lucky enough to have the time and the resources to travel with your kid, you totally should. However, you should read this first.

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Tween

Teen

Writing for Teens, Tweens, and In-betweens: 8 YA Authors Who Also Rock Middle Grade

These eight wildly gifted authors have taken their talents outside the more adult themes of YA to create extraordinary stories for middle grade readers.

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Growing Reader

Tween

It’s a Big, Big World: Great Travel Writing for Kids

Share one of these rare gems of kid-focused travel writing with your children and watch as they slowly begin to grasp the awesome power of wanderlust.

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Tips & Advice

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Family Travel Essentials

Planning something epic for summer travel? Here’s our thoroughly modern list of Road Trip Survival Essentials.

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Just For Fun

Oh, the Places You’ll Go: 6 Vacation Destinations for Children’s Literature Fans

With a little effort, you can plan a vacation to the incredible real-life destinations found in famous children’s books.

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