Christmas
Grown-Up Reads
Reflections on Faith and Art: Madeleine L’Engle’s Search for Solace in Storytelling
Charlotte Jones Voiklis, granddaughter of Madeleine L'Engle, explores how writing the beloved A Wrinkle in Time helped L'Engle reconcile the pain and suffering in the world with her faith in a loving creator.
Just For Fun
18 Authors on the Wackiest, Weirdest, and Worst Gifts They Received as Kids
To get in the spirit of the holidays, we asked authors to share the wildest gifts they remember receiving as children, and their entertaining answers are as unique as the books they pen.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: The Christmas Puppy
Pour a cup of cocoa, cozy up by the tree, and have your little one read along with the latest in our Brightly Storytime video series, The Christmas Puppy.
Tips & Advice
Haul Out the Holiday Story Traditions
Reading is my way of finding quiet in the bustle of the holidays. It changes our focus from the presents and reminds us of the messages of the season.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
10 Christmas Classics to Read This Holiday Season
Just like a Christmas tree and the gifts under it, stories play a special part in holiday celebrations. These new Christmas classics are ones you'll love reading time and again.
Grown-Up Reads
Hot for Holiday: The Best Books to Buy This Winter
We’ve pulled together some great new books, with suggestions of who might appreciate them, to help you with your holiday shopping. Happy giving!
Tween
2016 Holiday Gifts for Tween Readers Ages 9 - 12
Here you’ll find gift ideas for every type of tween reader on your holiday list whether she likes magical adventures or he loves humorous crime-solving dogs.
Growing Reader
2016 Holiday Gifts for Growing Readers Ages 6 - 8
Here's our holiday shortlist of activity books, new titles, themed sets, and some particularly special books for the 6- to 8-year-olds in your life.
Pre-K
2016 Holiday Gifts for Little Readers Ages 3 - 5
We’ve combed through tons of recent books to find the ones that are sure to be winners not just when they’re unwrapped but for dozens and dozens of re-readings too.
Baby & Toddler
2016 Holiday Gifts for Book-Loving Babies & Toddlers
Books make perfect gifts for babies and toddlers. They delight in the unwrapping and a book is instantly accessible. Here are some great holiday gift picks for 2016 for babies and toddlers.
Just For Fun
Grown-Up Reads
Whatever You Do, Do Not Buy These Books This Holiday Season
If we can help one person not give a terribly misguided book this year, this will all be worth it.
All Ages
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Reads: 8 Holiday Books for the Whole Family
Finding holiday books the entire family will enjoy can be tough. These eight books will delight kids of all ages (and, yes, that means you, too).
