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Tween

11 of the Best Friendships in Middle Grade Lit

Middle grade books are full of beautiful friendships that teach us about strength, forgiveness, courage, loyalty, and love.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Brightly Storytime: Here Comes Teacher Cat

Read along with Here Comes Teacher Cat, a charming picture book about adorable kitties who have an unexpectedly fun day at school.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Meet the Illustrator: Chris Eliopoulos

In this installment of Meet the Illustrator, the author-illustrator known for his distinctive work on the Ordinary People Change the World series shares how he fell in love with writing and illustrating, ponders his love of monsters, and draws a self-portrait in his signature style.

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Teen

10 Books for Fans of We Were Liars

Once you've read We Were Liars, you'll be dying (pun intended) to get your hands on some similar titles. These spellbinding stories are perfect next-reads.

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Grown-Up Reads

How Reading Picture Books Helps Me Cut Through the Noise of Autism

In this excerpt from Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, Naoki Higashida describes the moment when reading picture books “clicked” for him as a child with nonverbal autism.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

The Best Children’s and YA Books of August 2017

From an underwater retelling of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to sparkly unicorns, wicked bugs, and twisty magic, there’s lots of reading fun to be had this month.

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Just For Fun
Grown-Up Reads

If You Were a Teen in the ’80s or ’90s, You’ll Love These Books

If you're nostalgic for the kinds of books and entertainment you fell hard for in the 1980s and 1990s, check out these rad new adult and YA reads.

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Just For Fun

That Feeling When You Re-Read Books from Childhood as an Adult

In this comic, Siobhán Gallagher perfectly captures the joy that is re-reading a beloved story from childhood as an adult.

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Grown-Up Reads

3 New Must-Have Books About Strength, Resilience, and Grit

Books that feature true strength, resilience, and grit — whether the story is about an actual or fictional person — can be profoundly inspiring.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

10 Books About Kindergarten for Kids

Kindergarten can be intimidating for kids in the days leading up to it, but these books can help get them ready for the big day.