Picture Books
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Growing Reader
Kobi Yamada on Embracing Our Ideas and the Chances That Come Our Way
We spoke with Kobi Yamada ahead of the release of What Do You Do With a Chance? and his insights were as inspiring as his books.
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Growing Reader
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9 Valentines to the Books My Family Will Always Love
These are some of the books that remind me of times in my sons’ lives and call up specific memories I don’t want to forget. For that, each deserves a short appreciation — in the form of a love poem.
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Teen
The Best Children's and YA Books of February 2018
From stories about inspiring trailblazers to timely tales of inclusion and compassion, there’s plenty of great new books to keep young readers feeling warm on the inside this month.
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Growing Reader
Talking Love with Matt de la Peña
"Humans are often consumed with human things. But love is everywhere, even in inanimate objects. We’re so lucky to be alive. To know the sky, and the smell of the ocean, and the power of a storm."
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Growing Reader
Teachers Share Their All-Time Favorite Books for Preschoolers and Early Elementary Schoolers
We asked real-life preschool and elementary school teachers to share their favorite books for the classroom. Here are 11 picture books they recommend, plus tips on how to teach them.
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17 Authors on the Children's Books That Still Make Them Weepy
We know children’s literature is full of wonderful tearjerkers, so we asked 17 authors to share the book from childhood that still makes them well up to this day. Here are the stories that hold special places in their hearts.
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Growing Reader
An Introduction to Tomie dePaola: Folktales for Young Readers
Tomie dePaola is one of the world’s most beloved children’s authors and illustrators with over 260 books to his name. These are some of his very best.
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Growing Reader
Bookshelf Must-Have: Love
We're thrilled to be featuring Love as our latest Bookshelf Must-Have selection, a beautiful, remarkable, and timely rumination on our most binding emotion from children's literature powerhouses Matt de la Peña and Loren Long.
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Growing Reader
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Teen
The Best Children's and YA Books of January 2018
From an adventure at sea to a twisted boarding school thriller to a beautiful rumination on love, there's lots to excite and delight in the early days of 2018.
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Growing Reader
Tween
The Best Children’s Books of 2017, According to Kids
To put together this best-of-the-year list, we went straight to the most important people: the kids! Here are the books they loved reading most in 2017.
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Growing Reader
Oliver Jeffers’s Here We Are Is a Wondrous Read for Kids and Parents
Heartwarming and sprinkled with Jeffers’s signature wit, Here We Are touched my daughter and me in many different ways.
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Growing Reader
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Teen
The Best Children's and YA Books of December 2017
We’ve rounded up some of this month’s highlights — books that share funny, true, fantastical tales of bears and fearless women, crush-worthy new acquaintances and Jedis.
