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13 Summer-Perfect Picture Books
Keep kids reading all summer with our Summer Book Fair
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • June 24, 2025
Summer is here. It's a magical time of year for adults and kids alike, but it can be a challenge to keep busy young minds and bodies occupied. Keep your kids engaged with plenty of quality reading material. Here are thirteen summer-perfect picture books that qualify for our Summer Book Fair Promo.
Book Fair Nostalgia
26 coveted titles from the eighties to the aughts
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • May 27, 2025
For many of us lifelong readers, the Scholastic Book Fair was the pinnacle of our year. We cherish the memories of our school libraries and gymnasiums overflowing with shiny new books. Hand-in-hand with these memories are the titles that became our favorites. Here are 26 of those beloved volumes.
A Bounty of Kid Lit
16 spring picture books for $10 or less
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 08, 2025
As spring rolls in, it brings fresh breezes, renewed energy, and vibrant displays of nature. We're celebrating the season with a hearty crop of picture books for the littlest blossoming readers. And at these prices ($10 or less) you can stock up!
14 Hidden Gems from Dr. Seuss
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • March 09, 2025
We've all chuckled at The Cat in the Hat's antics, mused about what goes into Green Eggs and Ham, bristled at the mistreatment of Horton, and wondered at the silliness of those Sneetches. But the prolific author has plenty of equally brilliant works you might not know exist. Here are fourteen of Dr. Seuss's hidden gems.
The Best Kids' & YA Books of 2024
By Ashly Moore Sheldon • December 15, 2024
It's time for our annual collection of the best books of the year. The titles that made the cut cover a robust range of genres. This roundup includes the standouts in books for kids & young adults (YA). Check out our literary fiction & nonfiction edition. Upcoming editions will focus on romance & horror and mystery & sci-fi/fantasy.
Kids Rule the Page and the Screen This Summer
Book series you should read with the big-screen release of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants
By Devin B. • May 19, 2017
Top Tips for Back to School
By Billy Doux • August 07, 2015
No one sums up the bitter/sweet, back-to-school feeling better than Joe Fox in that beloved movie "You've Got Mail":
"I would send you a bouquet of neatly sharpened pencils."
One Book, Two Books, We'll Find You Books
By Billy Doux • August 06, 2015
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