The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 20 are a fan favorite for over a decade, and with each new launch, readers eagerly look ahead to to see what new…
Shading and settling puzzles are vital in aiding a youngster's mental, mental and imaginative turn of events. Shading in is far beyond a movement for no reason in particular and…
The Wonderful Things You Will Be Summary. Every child is special, and parents can’t wait to see what they will one day be! Emily Winfield Martin’s lovely novel fantasies about what…
The writer E. L. Doctorow — who, in “Ragtime” and other novels, pioneered a new way of presenting historical material in fiction — once said in an interview: “The historian…
POEMS ALOUD Written by Joseph Coelho. Illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett “Poems are made to be performed!” Coelho declares early in this rousing book, which guides young readers through the basics of…
Late in WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED (Dial Books for Young Readers, 264 pp., $20.99; ages 9 to 12), 17-year-old Omar Mohamed is asked to write a paper on “What It…
Like “American Born Chinese” — his groundbreaking 2006 Y.A. debut, and the first graphic novel to be a finalist for the National Book Award — Gene Luen Yang’s DRAGON HOOPS…
In Kate Messner’s resonant, necessary CHIRP (Bloomsbury, 227 pp., $16.99; ages 8 to 12), 12-year-old Mia is on the mend — from a broken arm, after a fall from the…
MY BEST FRIENDWritten by Julie Fogliano Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki Image From “My Best Friend.” Two small girls spend a perfect day together in the park, making chalk drawings, twirling until they fall,…
The recent Iowa caucus debacle could serve as a primer on America’s not-quite-representative system of government. The malfunctioning app. The reporting delays and inconsistencies. The delegates determined by coin tosses…
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…
