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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

Sports Books for Kids of All Ages

These great stories about competition, determination, grit, and overcoming obstacles are timeless and appropriate for sports-loving kids.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

Revamp Your Bookshelves: Monthly Reading Challenges for Kids

Filled with inspiring ways to play, learn, and explore throughout the school year, our monthly interactive reading challenges make reading a fun adventure for kids.

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All Ages

Kids Like Me: 18 Books With Diverse Main Characters

It’s important for kids to read engaging stories with main characters that are relatable to their lives. Not just to their humanity, but also to their appearance and culture.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Dark and Complex: The Fate of Fausto Is Classic Oliver Jeffers

Jeffers is the king of unraveling stories with layers that mean something slightly different depending on where you are in life. His newest book, a fable made with traditional lithographic printmaking techniques, is no different.

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Baby & Toddler

The Best Bedtime Stories for Babies and Toddlers

There are lots of beautiful bedtime books for babies and toddlers. Start exploring some of the best with these titles.

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Growing Reader

Where’s Waldo? Printables and Activities

Fend off boredom with these printables and activities featuring everyone’s favorite bespectacled wanderer and his wily friends.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Must-Read Picture Books Written by Black Authors

This list encompasses just a handful of incredible works by Black authors. We hope it inspires you and encourages you to expand and diversify your reading library.

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All Ages

The Best Children’s and YA Books of September 2020

September will bring with it the first day of fall, and with fall comes a veritable treasure chest of the year’s best new books for kids and teens.

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Growing Reader
Tween

Who Was? Printables and Activities

If you have a curious kid who loves history, then they'll love these printables and activities that go right along with some of these bestselling Who Was? books.

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Tips & Advice

6 Recommendations to Help First-Time Parents Thrive

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, author of The Bottom Line for Baby, offers first-time parents tips on what to prioritize so they can relax a little and focus on what matters most: establishing and strengthening the relationship with their child.