Reading with your three-year-old turns ordinary afternoons into treasure hunts for the mind. Picture this: your kid's eyes light up as you flip a page, discovering a hidden world of…
Have you ever wondered why some people just seem to "get" you? They understand how you feel without you having to say a lot. A big part of this comes…
Night time is special for children. The day is over. Toys are put absent. Lights feel delicate. This is the best time to perused a story. A sleep time book…
Americans have always assumed that the key to undoing the all-encompassing framework of white supremacy lies, in part, in literacy. Literacy helped combat slavery in practical ways — reading and…
In the spring of 1880, in a railroad town in Dakota Territory, a girl in her 15th year bends over her sewing to help support her family. This might be…
Like many fictional families before them, the warm, vibrant Vanderbeeker family of 141st Street — 13-year-old twins Jessie and Isa, 10-year-old Oliver, 8-year-old Hyacinth and 6-year-old Laney — has developed…
This past summer bees were voted the most important living beings on earth. While I agree wholeheartedly, I also enjoy imagining this vote, conducted by scientists at the Royal Geographic…
We hear so much about the challenges of young female friendships. But STRANGE BIRDS: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers (Kokila, 350 pp., $16.99; ages 8 to 12), Celia C.…
What kind of literature do we owe our young readers? Should it aspire to artfulness, or is that a luxury when there are American educators who don’t believe the Holocaust…
Texas, 1981. A girl named Hang is riding a bus to Amarillo. Queasy from a heavy breakfast and the bouncing ride, she gnaws a chunk of bitter ginger root. The…
The great struggle for any artist — any great artist, anyway — is a philosophical skirmish in the context of a much larger war. Why should this story or song…
WHAT COLOR IS NIGHT? Image Credit...From \"What Color Is Night?\" By Grant Snider “Look closer,” this gentle bedtime book encourages. While nighttime might seem to be only black and white, there is color to…
