Kindergarten is all about getting kids ready for elementary school. But how do you get your kids ready for kindergarten? These books can help ease first-day-of-school jitters by showing kids the lay ...

Sophia Han, an associate professor at the USF College of Education, has received the 2024 Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) for ...

By Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan Our critic on November’s best new books. By Sarah Weinman How a Gen X Graphic Novelist Reinvented the Romance Comic To fully understand Charles Burns’s ...

Buying a book for a bookworm is a gamble. What if they already have it? What if the reason they don’t have it is because it’s not their preferred genre? Even if what you choose does fall ...

During my interactions with marketing leaders across the industry, CMOs frequently ask me how they can build their multicultural marketing knowledge and that of their organizations. My suggestion ...

As tweens start figuring out the world and their place in it, well-told stories can help them explore different places, feelings, issues, and eras. Our list of engaging books for 11- and 12-year-olds ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

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The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a nationwide initiative designed to encourage parents and caregivers to read aloud to their children and support early literacy development. Through ...

About Best Books: Every year the librarians and staff on our Best Books committees read thousands of titles to select noteworthy new books for readers of all ages. Find out more, discover which titles ...

When considering children’s books about history, we must discern which stories do not stereotype and are accurate and balanced with various perspectives, specifically including the Native ...

ST. LOUIS – Hundreds of young children have completed the St. Louis Public Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program since it launched four years ago. The St. Louis 1,000 books ...