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The Best YA Books of 2017, According to Teens

What YA books were tops with teens this year? Here are the titles that teen readers were raving about to their friends in 2017.

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The Best Children’s Books of 2017, According to Kids

To put together this best-of-the-year list, we went straight to the most important people: the kids! Here are the books they loved reading most in 2017.

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Meet the Illustrator: Emma Randall

In this installment of Meet the Illustrator, Emma shares her favorite illustration from The Twelve Days of Christmas, a simple way that parents can help their kids draw, and an absolutely adorable illustration of her new baby.

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The Very Best Things About Reading Aloud with Kids, According to Parents

From learning more about their little ones to simply snuggling, here are the things that parents love most about sharing books with their children.

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Meet the Illustrator: David Hohn

In this installment of Meet the Illustrator, David Hohn shares some of his favorite drawings, the children’s book he says is the perfect marriage of text and illustration, and why he thinks kids are natural artists.

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Oliver Jeffers’s Here We Are Is a Wondrous Read for Kids and Parents

Heartwarming and sprinkled with Jeffers’s signature wit, Here We Are touched my daughter and me in many different ways.

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Bookshelf Must-Have: The Lost Picnic

Looking for a book for readers of all ages that's as beautiful as it is fun? Our latest Bookshelf Must-Have pick is just that book. A modern seek-and-find in the tradition of I Spy, The Lost Picnic is a playful and gorgeous book parents and kids will love poring over together.

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Brightly Storytime: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

No holiday season is complete without a reading of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Follow along as Ms. Linda reads this Christmas classic.

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The Best Grown-Up Reads of December 2017

Jumpstart your New Year's resolution to read more by gifting yourself one of these fantastic new books hitting the shelves this month.

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The Best Children’s and YA Books of December 2017

We’ve rounded up some of this month’s highlights — books that share funny, true, fantastical tales of bears and fearless women, crush-worthy new acquaintances and Jedis.