While many associations, journals, bloggers, and libraries publish their lists of best kids’ books of the year right at calendar’s close, some important ones do arrive later in the winter and even into spring. With summer on the horizon, we want to share these with you so that you can restock your shelves for vacation […]
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The game has been around for centuries, played by little kids independent of organized sports and by professional athletes in international competitions. Light on equipment and reliant on plenty of energy, along with differing amounts of team coordination, it’s internationally popular. Do you call the “beautiful game” football or soccer? Well, if you’re in most
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This is one in our Double Scoop Sundae series featuring a pair of thematically-related books and ideas for teachers and library program developers seeking ways to extend reading from them. Picture books pack the power to introduce, share, and discuss a wide range of topics, including current events that can often be difficult for young minds to
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World Sleep Day, celebrated on March 13, is a perfect invitation to slow down, snuggle up, and talk with children about one of the most important (and often most elusive) parts of their day: sleep. Picture books are uniquely suited to this conversation, offering gentle reassurance, playful humor, and big ideas wrapped in cozy illustrations.
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This article was authored by Publisher Spotlight intern Zoe Spangler. In today’s world, where hate, fear, and violence often dominate the headlines, it’s even more important to come together on a day like World Kindness Day. This global event serves as a reminder of how small acts of kindness can create a ripple effect that
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It’s the end of another publishing year and the best lists are snowing upon us! What we love about the plethora of these lists from children’s literature experts, review publications, and national press resources is how so many perspectives pop into focus: diverse list makers see “best” in so many different—and complementary—ways. Some of the
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One of the developmental steps in reading proficiency is learning how to predict while suspending certainty sufficiently to discover what actually occurs in the text. If the author had only one path to take and we could predict it with total accuracy, reading as recreation—which is how we get enough practice to make reading a
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Sometimes it appears that attention from many quarters comes to rest on one theme or an object with unanticipated universal agreement that this is the IT topic for the moment. This year in kids’ books we’re seeing that happen with—eyeglasses! In books that come to us from Spain, the Netherlands via New Zealand, the United
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Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and we have the perfect titles that show love in all its various forms! From parental and familial love to kind acts of friendship and community, we invite you to share the love of reading on February 14th and beyond. Heartfelt gestures, as simple as a hug, smile, or
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