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Growing Reader

2015 Holiday Gift Guide: 6-8 Year Olds

Whether you're shopping for gifts for your own 6-8 year old or someone else's, there's something on our 2015 holiday gift guide for every kind of kid.

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Tips & Advice

Why Independent Bookstores Are a Parent’s Best Friend

When your kid walks into the children’s section of a great independent bookstore, they are walking into the most lovingly assembled search results page ever.

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Pre-K

2015 Holiday Gift Guide: 3-5 Year Olds

From imaginative books to clever toys and unique games, we've rounded up plenty of great holiday gift ideas for kids ages 3-5.

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Growing Reader

Minding Our Manners: A Quirky Q&A with Delia Ephron

We asked screenwriter, playwright, and bestselling author Delia Ephron about her very funny manners book for children, how best to keep kids in line during the holidays, and what projects she’s working on now.

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Growing Reader

8 Picture Books I Still Read with My 8-Year-Old

Some kids have a hard time letting go of their books. One 8-year-old shares the picture books he's holding tight to and why he's keeping them around.

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Baby & Toddler

2015 Holiday Gift Guide: Baby and Toddler

Our 2015 holiday gift guide for babies and toddlers is packed with unique, inventive, and fun books and presents for the littlest recipients on your list.

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Growing Reader
Tween

How to Write a Killer Book Report

Use our simple book report checklist to help your child nail the essential elements of their school book reports, reviews, or critiques.

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Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

A Question of Faith: Books and Resources to Help Us Talk to Our Kids About Religion and Spirituality

For some parents, discussions about religion and spirituality are some of the hardest talks to have. Here, some books and resources for kids and parents to help.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

3 Tools for Helping Kids Make and Keep New Friends

The first months of school are a great time to introduce kids to easy-to-remember tools that will help them cultivate new friendships and sprout community.

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Tween

Meet the Illustrator: Anna Bond

Anna Bond, illustrator of the strikingly beautiful 150th anniversary edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, talks about her first memories of drawing, her favorite materials, and more.