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A central Iowa woman turned her inspiration from Phill the water buffalo into a book called "Phill's Grand Adventure: Finding Home." It started when author Judith Cass received a text from her friend, ...
PEOPLE spoke with Scholastic Kid Reporter Kush Kalra and bestselling children’s author Lauren Tarshis about the importance of ...
It's never too early for kids to fall in love with books. And finding stories that are captivating to look at and fun to hear when read aloud is half the battle. Here's a list of engaging toddler ...
One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...
She never planned it this way, but Jennifer Buchheit’s artistic ability and her desire to create fun activities for her daughters has turned her into an author. Buchheit’s new book "The Big Book of ...
That story, “ Prince and Knight,” is one of five children's books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten ...
A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator ...
Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Levi Hastings. Simon & Schuster, Apr., ages 4–8 In what PW’s starred review called “an approachable, engaging work,” Newbery Honoree Lukoff details “how LGBTQ+ ...
As a researcher inspired by bell hooks’ adult non-fiction work, The Will to Change (2004), I’m drawn to children’s books that nurture the emotional lives of boys and challenge traditional ...
What Is A Refugee by Elise Gravel Elise Gravel, award-winning author-illustrator from Quebec, explores what it means to be a refugee in this bright and bold illustrated book; helping to answer the ...
Books for Kids Day celebrates volunteers and community members who support the Maryland Book Bank, which collects and sorts more than 20,000 books at the event to help stock home and classroom ...
I first heard it last year, shortly after taking up knitting. The story, which seems to be gleefully embroidered with every subsequent telling, goes a little like this: a woman in the US ...