6 Inspiring Picture Books To Build Your Child’s Feminist Library
As we think about instilling feminist values in our children, what better place to start than with a library of…
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7 Novels For the Curious Stage in Between Middle Grade and Young Adult
With so many middle grade books focused on stories for 8-12 year old readers, and young adult fiction tackling the…
Celebrate Books with Chris Grabenstein’s Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
I love libraries. I visit my local library multiple times a week, reading, writing, and working inside it. But libraries aren’t…
Build Your Child’s Feminist Bookshelf With These 7 Novels for Young Readers
A lot of people have different ideas about feminism but, at its simplest, it’s the idea that men and women…
The Ever After High Series Charms with Once Upon a Pet
It’s only been two years since Mattel launched Ever After High and its line of dolls, but, in that time,…
7 of Our Favorite Middle Grade Books Featuring Characters On the Autism Spectrum
One of the best things about reading is the way it invites us to enter into a character’s world and live inside it…
Corey Ann Haydu’s Rules for Stealing Stars Sheds Light and Magic In Darkness:
Closets can hold onto the things we fear, like monsters in the dark. We can build them around us to…
Gripping Tales of Real-Life Disaster Will Keep Pages Turning in the I Survived Series
The New York Times bestselling series, I Survived, brings young readers from the year AD 79 to the present day, racing…
The Making of a Smile: The B&N Exclusive Collector’s Edition of Raina Telgemeier’s Graphic Memoir
Anyone who has ever had braces knows the drill (so to speak): There’s the muck of plaster slathered across your…
Possums Take Center Stage in Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Appleblossom the Possum
Possums: I thought they hung out in the country. Or in eucalyptus forests in Australia. Not outside my Brooklyn apartment,…
Celebrating Emily Windsnap’s Next Adventure: An Interview with Author Liz Kessler
Our favorite half mermaid, Emily Windsnap, is back in Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls, the sixth book…
8 Must-Read Books to Add to Your Child’s Library Before Seeing the Movies
Movie adaptations of our favorite books always receive mixed responses. We shake our heads at casting decisions or walk out…
Unlocked and Uncensored: Our Favorite Diaries for Young Readers
If you’ve ever kept a diary, you know how super secret shhh the pages inside can be. Whether your secrets are…
6 of the Best Middle Grade Road Trip Novels
Who’s up for a road trip? There’s something reflective and personal about riding along that yellow line. You watch the world…
5 Fictional Bookworms We Want in Our Next Book Club
When you love books, there is nothing better than surrounding yourself with other book nerds. The kind of people who…
10 Reasons to Build a Child’s E. B. White Library
I think, for every one of us, there is a special place in our hearts for the books of E.…
Lisa Graff Explores Fresh Starts and Second Chances in Her New Novel, Lost in the Sun
Second chances: We aren’t always given them. And at twelve years old, that can be a hard lesson to learn.…
Susin Nielsen’s We are All Made of Molecules Explores Blended and Non-Traditional Families
Maybe it’s because of years spent sprawled on the living room rug watching old shows like The Brady Brunch and…