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Picture Books Celebrating Emotional Intelligence in the Face of Adult Sadness

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A recent and welcome mini-trend we’re seeing is the art of featuring children who recognize and respond appropriately to adult sadness.  Since virtually all small children do have significant adults in their lives and since all of us as humans of any age sometimes experience sadness, the real life reality is that kids do see adults […]

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World Kid Lit Month and the Richly Diverse Northern Hemisphere

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This is the third in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue our month-long celebration of international kids’ publishers and some of their newest books, we find the Northern Hemisphere overflowing with delights to discover. We’ve

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World Kid Lit Month Picks from the Western Hemisphere

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This is the second in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue to celebrate World Kid Lit Month with a cavalcade of kids’ books from international publishers, we make our next stop in the Western Hemisphere,

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Grandparents Day Picks for Intergenerational Reading

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Happy Grandparents Day! Whether your young readers’ grandparent(s) can be visited on a daily basis or seen in person only on rare occasions, there are books they can share that celebrate their relationship. Here are some of our recent favorites: The Tide, by Clare Helen Welsh and illustrated by Ashling Lindsay, from Tiger Tales Books, offers

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Women in Translation – Picture Book Edition!

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August celebrates Women In Translation as an opportunity to discover voices and perspectives beyond the English speaking book world. When could be a better time to start this exploration than as a picture book reader? While many of our publishers hail from different parts of the world, here we feature a trio of picture books

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Small Worlds

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Summer days invite us to explore nature up close and in detail, including the small worlds of insects, bees and butterflies. All of these make fine topics for picture books as well, so pairing an outdoor reading time with observation and discovery can turn a plain afternoon into magic.  Pack your hat, a magnifying glass,

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Bank Street College Names Best Spanish Language Picture Books for Spring 2019

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Congratulations to NubeOcho Books, appearing no fewer than five times on the brand new Lista de los Mejores Libros Infantiles en Español De Libros Revisados en Primavera 2019, from Bank Street College of Education! These picture books reflect a variety of story types, illustration styles, and countries of origin. You’re sure to find a delight

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Summer Days Made for Museum Browsing

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Did you know that many public libraries in the United States provide free entry passes to museums? And museums can be fine respites when summer temperatures soar or storms threaten to keep us indoors and antsy to get out and about. To get your family primed for your next science, natural history, art, or even

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To the Moon!

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Today’s post is from Emerson Heflin of Publishers Spotlight’s marketing team. This Saturday, the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most incredible feats known to history. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag on lunar soil in 1969, but they could not have achieved their infamous space walk without the

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