Welcome to our #FridayReads feature on the blog, where we’ll be excerpting a chapter of one of our favorite books to start your weekend. This week, it’s William Ritter’s The Dire…
Everyone rejoice—the time has come for another indie bookstore spotlight! The time for summer trips and adventuring may be just about over, but that doesn’t mean kids should lose…
Fear of back-to-school has an official term: backtoschoolaphobia. Well, that’s not exactly true, but anxiety before the first day of school is so prevalent that it should have an…
Every state, via their library or educational associations, selects reading lists each year, highlighting the best of the best in children’s book publishing. The chosen titles are shared in…
In anticipation of Halloween, we asked our resident fright expert, Hal Johnson, for his recommendations for scary stories the whole family can enjoy. Want more? Hal’s Fearsome Creatures of the…
*SCROLL DOWN FOR DOWNLOADABLES!* No matter how kids spent their summer, the first few weeks of school are always about brushing up on essential skills from the year before.…