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Tween

Adventurous Books for Fans of Pippi Longstocking

Filled with adventure, laughter, and friendship, these books for tween readers will charm young Pippi lovers.

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Teen

11 YA Novels in Verse Teens Won’t Want to Put Down

Even if your teen isn’t big on poetry, he or she will find something to love in these captivating stories.

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Tips & Advice

Adam Gidwitz on the Magic of Telling Stories to Your Child

After Adam Gidwitz's daughter had a frightful encounter with a fire alarm, he began to tell her stories — true stories about her experience. Over many months of telling that story, some magical things started to happen.

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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.