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2026 Free Summer Reading Programs for Kids

Melissa Taylor — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:42:29 +0000

Want to keep your kids reading over the summer? How about joining a free summer reading program or two!?

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Summer Reading Lists of Best Books For Kids

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:12 +0000

It's time for summer reading lists, reading programs, and reading challenges! Get your kids, ages 5 to 18, reading with book recommendations from these up-to-date summer reading lists. These summer reading book lists are for every grade level, preschool, early elementary school, upper elementary school, middle school, and high school!!

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50 Best Poetry Books for Children

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:13:10 +0000

Read the best poetry books with children to introduce them to good poems and encourage a love of language, wordplay, sensory images, and rhyme. Moreover, exposing children to poems helps them grow to love poetry --which can become a lifelong interest.

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10 Outstanding Middle Grade Books About Eating Disorders & Body Image

Chris Baron — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:45:38 +0000

If left unchecked, concerns about eating and one's body size can lead to serious physical health and mental health issues—anxiety, eating disorders, disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and even suicide. It’s urgent. And it affects more kids than you might think yet, it can be so challenging to talk about. But we believe that books can help! In fact, sometimes books help facilitate the most important discussions about big topics.

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30 Best Middle Grade Books of 2025

Melissa Taylor — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:38:41 +0000

As the year wraps up, it’s time for me to share my favorite middle grade books of 2025. These are compelling, engaging, well-written books for...

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Best Nonfiction Children’s Books of 2025

Melissa Taylor — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:12:16 +0000

I’m SO impressed with the 2025 children’s nonfiction books! The writing is engaging, informative, unique, and interesting. These books belong on every school library bookshelf,...

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20 Exceptional Middle Grade Indigenous and Native American Books for Kids

Melissa Taylor — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:37:00 +0000

Indigenous and Native American Heritage Month reminds us of the importance of reading Native American books to learn and celebrate the culture, contributions, history, and traditions of American Indians and Indigenous groups from the United States and Canada.

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26 Good Children’s Books About Divorce

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:07:04 +0000

Are you looking for good children’s books containing divorce or separated parents? I have divorce-themed picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books to share...

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