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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

12 Reassuring Books to Help Kids Deal With Change

These books are perfect for starting conversations about changes with your children. They'll help your child know that they aren’t alone in navigating these changes.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

4 Tips to Help Blended Families Connect

Blending a family doesn’t happen overnight. It's our job as parents to cut up the process into chewable moments to nurture a sense of safety that can ripen into feelings of family. Here are four tips to help blended families connect.

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Tips & Advice

7 Lessons I Learned from Ali Wong’s Dear Girls

When I cracked the spine of Ali Wong's book, "Dear Girls" — essays written as letters to her two young daughters — I expected to laugh. And I did. I did not expect to learn much about being a mom. But I did anyway.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

Check ’Em Out: Kids’ Books That Celebrate Libraries

Libraries don’t just physically hold the stories we crave — sometimes, they are characters in the story. Here are some books that celebrate libraries from children’s literature.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Yee-haw! 12 Fantastic Picture Books for Country Music Lovers

Pull on those cowboy boots and get ready to honky-tonk! From books by country music stars to stories about rural life, these fabulous picture books are must-reads for avid country music fans and their kids.

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Tween
Teen

All-Time Favorite Fantasy Books for Tweens and Teens

Fantasy books bring the imagination to life and allow the impossible to occur. Here are some all-time favorite fantasy books for tween and teen readers.

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All Ages

The Best Children’s and YA Books of April 2021

Whether you’re in the mood for a hilarious picture book, an exciting middle grade fantasy novel, or a sweet YA romance, here are the best books publishing this month.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Brightly Storytime: Miss Rumphius

Filled with gorgeous illustrations of faraway places and beautiful flowers, our latest Brightly Storytime is the perfect springtime tale.

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Tween

8 Incredible Novels in Verse for Tweens

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.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Lyrical Picture Books That Encourage a Love of Poetry

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.