Books

In a coronavirus world, many families are worried about their children falling behind academically. School availability has varied widely across the country and many families are choosing to or having to take a much larger role in their children’s education. At the foundation of it all is literacy. Promoting literacy at home can have a

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Recently I was at an Emergency Room (luckily nothing too serious) and got to talking with the doctors. One mentioned how he had seen some really interesting stuff during his work at home in South Africa. Not being medically trained, I am glad he didn’t offer descriptions of the “really interesting stuff” he was thinking

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Until recently, I’d never thought about books about mindfulness for kids. However, I’m sure you will agree with me that this is an emotionally volatile time. In one day, sometimes I run the spectrum of what I used to feel in a week/a month/three months/a year. Kids are definitely feeling an influx of stress too,

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It’s been a long time reaching this point but it is finally happening. The Barack Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, Chicago, will start pre-construction work in April 2021.  Chicago’s South Side has been waiting in eager anticipation for this amazing centre. The Center is more like a campus. This includes a Chicago Public Library

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I love short audiobooks! Six hours feels just right. It’s long enough to build an entire experience, yet short enough to hold attention, especially during reading slumps. But reading slump or not, short audiobooks can serve as great breaks from work or long reads. Some would be perfect for long drives alone or with someone

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This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hi mystery fans! I have three could-not-be-more-different-from-each-other great reads for you this week: an awesome, super reluctant spy thriller; Friday Night Lights but with murder and horror; a smart cat-and-mouse serial killer novel.

A parent at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas is attempting to remove Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi from the school’s reading list. His grievance was dismissed at the first two levels within the The Round Rock Independant School District (RRISD). However, at the encouragement of some Trustee

One of the most common requests I get for literary goods posts is rounding up some fun bookish gifts for kids. We’ve got babies covered well and we have teens and adults covered. But somehow, kids seem to be overlooked, despite some of them being the biggest (little) bookworms you can image. So now it’s

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With the overwhelming success of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Bridgerton, and the lukewarm success of many other Netflix titles, it holds true that fake dating plots will continue to dominate the romcom space. Luckily for movie and television developers, there are a ton of amazing fake dating romance novels to draw

Are there opposing views to voting rights history in the United States? According to some Board members of the Lafayette Parish Library in Louisiana, there are, and by not presenting opposing sides, the library isn’t serving its patrons well. Teresa Elberson, a long-time employee of the Lafayette Parish library and current system director, stepped down

Wind-swept, snow-covered landscapes. Cozy, decorative cottages where a mysterious being lives. Animals that toe the line between realistic and magical. Inspiring origin tales that go back generations. Stories that take place along the northernmost edges of the Earth are often described as “polar,” meaning they’re primarily set in frozen landscapes with an atmosphere of constant

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