Recently a subscriber, Kathie, reached out with the following question; “I have a 5 year old granddaughter and a 3 year old grandson. There are lots of heroines in literature for her, but am looking Read more…
Barbershop Books created a brilliant, simple, direct and effective reading program. It was awarded the coveted National Book Foundation’s Innovations Prize in 2017. Boys are often happy to read with family and teachers until a Read more…
Jane Yolen, one of our most prolific and splendid contemporary writers, has now published 365 books. So, of course, she has come out with a Book-A-Day Calendar. Each title links somehow to the date it’s Read more…
This is a curious article to note. When KJ Dell’Antonia, Rachel Payne and I edited our book for Sourcebooks in 2013 we made sure the books recommended were in print, available to purchase, or in Read more…
Our child stars filmed for the Reading With Babies videos are now teens. Do you remember crawling baby girls whose mothers spoke to them in Russian? Or the scene in which a baby gives her Read more…
Ah, yes. A truly little baby will listen to everything, especially if he is too young to reach for the book. Yes, he might wriggle, or cry, or drool excessively, but you can read pretty Read more…
We need diverse books! That’s just plain true. Our families are mixed and our friendships are too. The more we see ‘others’ in our stories and pictures, the more open we are to each other. Read more…
Now and FOREVER there is a USPS STAMP of images from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Just look: Deborah Pope, the irrepressibly enthusiastic Executive Director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, managed to Read more…
Anyone who has dealt with kids knows they can become a bit fixated. It could be their favorite toy, their favorite favorite show, their favorite animal, but they just won’t stop talking about it. Take Read more…
If you have a friend who’s expecting; these books are the ultimate for baby gift giving, all guaranteed to please new moms and babies. I Kissed the Baby, Mary Murphy. This delightful, high-contrast book about Read more…