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All Ages

Our Favorite Award-Winning Kids’ Books

These are some of our favorite award-winning books for kids — from Caldecott Medal winners to Newbery Medal winners and beyond.

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Baby & Toddler

Books on Love for Babies & Toddlers

We’ve collected some of our favorite books about love for the babies and toddlers in your life. You can save them for Valentine’s Day, but we encourage you to start reading them right away because we can always use a little more love.

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Pre-K

9 Books on Love for Kids Ages 3 – 5

From the unbreakable bond between family members to the kindness and adoration found through friendship, the stories below exemplify the uplifting power of one of our strongest emotions.

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Growing Reader

10 Books About Love for Growing Readers Ages 6 – 8

These books on love for kids ages 6 - 8 offer an opportunity to talk to children about positive affirmations, self-confidence, self-care, and self-love.

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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

Emily Winfield Martin Printables and Activities

Kids can explore the author's wonderful worlds with these printables and adults can create their own The Wonderful Things You Will Be-themed baby shower for expecting parents.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Brightly Storytime: That Is My Dream!

This powerful story of a young African American boy who dreams of a world without segregation and discrimination is sure to encourage discussions around racism and hope for change to come.

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Grown-Up Reads

The Best Grown-Up Reads of January 2021

Make 2021 a year to remember with these fantastic reads. Get lost in a suspenseful thriller, harness your inner strength, and commit to learning a new skill.

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Tween
Teen

New Year, New Outlook: Bee-ing Fearless in 2021

Mikaila Ulmer, author of Bee Fearless and founder of Me & the Bees Lemonade, examines the new perspective 2020 gave her and how she plans to be fearless in 2021.

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Tween

10 Middle Grade Books That Celebrate the Many Types of Love

From crushes to friendship, familial bonds to devotion to a pet, these middle grade novels will have kids thinking about what it means to really connect.

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Teen

16 YA Books on Love

For teens just starting to dream about finding their person and all that it entails, YA books about love offer a glimpse of what’s to come — from the light, funny, and sweet to the heartrendingly tragic.