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Devon Corneal: Summer Reading Books for ALL Your Kids

2012-05-24T15:17:02Z

Here's to a summer without whining -- unless your kids are asking for another trip the library or bookstore to stock up.

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Garcelle Beauvais Set To Release Children's Book Series

2012-05-22T13:25:57Z

NEW YORK -- Actress Garcelle Beauvais is planning to share life lessons through a series of children's books.

A statement released Monday says the "F...

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Monica Edinger: Interview With Elizabeth Wein, Author of Code Name Verity

2012-05-22T11:57:42Z

Set in the landscape of World War II Britain and featuring women pilots and spies, the intricate plot of Code Name Verity involves espionage, Nazis, the Resistance, and occupied France.

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John McCormick: The Same Story? Again?! Storytelling as an Emotional Security Blanket

2012-05-17T14:40:51Z

I used to wonder why my sons asked for the same story night after night. I came to the conclusion that kids simply enjoy the comfort of repetition. Think of it as an emotional security blanket.

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Monica Edinger: Debut Children's Book Author Stephen Colbert's Book Signing

2012-05-13T17:44:21Z

But while those waiting for Rowling's finale were both children and adults, those waiting for Colbert were almost exclusively adults, most of whom I'd venture to guess had never been there before.

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Peter Clothier: Buddhist Books for Children

2012-05-10T14:53:51Z

I spent a delightful afternoon yesterday reading the Barefoot Books collection of Indian Tales, as told by Shenaaz Naji and illustrated by Christopher...

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Alec Baldwin: Rest in Peace, Maurice Sendak

2012-05-10T10:22:27Z

Around four years ago, I met a broker at a Greenwich Village building to see an apartment. The owner was Maurice Sendak. I could tell that whether I got the apartment or not, I was going to enjoy this conversation. Just from his voice, his timing, you could tell Sendak was funny, wise, sensitive.

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Darell Hammond: Honor Maurice Sendak with Play

2012-05-09T11:02:13Z

Where The Wild Things Are shows us that children need to be free to roam, explore and invent in order to understand their place in the world that surrounds them.

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Brad Hirschfield: Missing Maurice Sendak

2012-05-08T13:44:55Z

Sendack knew that we should never pretend about the potential danger of human rampaging, but neither should we lose hope about the possibility of returning home. We don't, as Reb Maurice teaches, escape to a better place, as much as we return to where we came from.

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Bill Moyers: My Time With Maurice Sendak (VIDEO)

2012-05-08T10:39:03Z

Enjoy this look back at the man behind some of the most magical literature ever conceived.

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Jacob Devaney: Comics Instead of Textbooks?

2012-05-02T18:27:43Z

Learning is one of the most empowering things a person can do with their life and can be quite fun, yet the mediums used in classrooms are dated and have caused students to think that learning is drudgery.

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John McCormick: Storytelling With Your Kids: How to Become a 'Story Dad'

2012-05-02T14:28:03Z

When dads tell me they don't know how to tell stories, what they're often saying is, they don't know how to talk with their kids.

Devon Corneal: Mother's Day Books For Moms

2012-05-01T15:46:28Z

With poetry, photographs, creepy monsters, and a weird family next door, this month's recommendations give us a chance to celebrate the women who bring home the bacon, tuck kids into bed, bake cakes and remind us how important it is to always listen to our mothers.

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WATCH: Julie Andrews Sings Lovely Duet With Colbert

2012-04-25T12:00:56Z

During last night's "Colbert Report," Stephen announced that he will release his first children's book, "I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)" And he even go...

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Genevieve Piturro: Meet Alfonse

2012-04-24T16:12:05Z

I will always remember one of my first reading groups in Yonkers, N.Y. One afternoon four little girls walked in and took a seat with me at our reading table. I said, "Oh, it's us girls today!" Then little Alfonse walked in and I said, "And one boy!"

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John McCormick: Storytelling with Your Kids: Creating a Family Tradition One Story at a Time

2012-04-19T13:11:18Z

As an overworked Dad, I'm always looking for ways to find more time with my kids. I've found that storytelling is the ideal activity to enrich family time by creating a fun, free tradition.

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Bill Horn and Scout Masterson: Our Toddler's Favorite Books (And Ours, Too!)

2012-04-18T15:41:00Z

Every night, we read at least two (but sometimes as many as five) books to Simone before she goes to bed. So we've read a lot of books in her nearly two years of life. There are some great books for kids, and a surprising number of really awful ones. Here are Simone's 10 favorites.

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Kusama In Wonderland

2012-04-18T12:45:13Z

"I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland." So begins Yayoi Kusama's visionary take on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", the iconic tale of a...

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Jay Bushara: Some Things Are Scary (No Matter How Old You Are)

2012-04-16T17:02:47Z

It's what we sort of know that's really scary: the gaping, haunting silence before somebody shouts boo, but also the silence that comes when we are about to shout boo at someone else.

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Monica Edinger: Press Here, a Clever New Entry into the World of Apps for Children

2012-04-11T17:27:19Z

Last year Hervé Tullet's Press Here, a book illustrated with a whole bunch of dots in primary colors, was a great hit for children of all ages. And now the book's publisher has come out with an app.

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Nancy A. Scott: The Problem With Curbing Curiosity

2012-04-12T15:15:23Z

If teachers (or family, or media) don't ask questions, then usually children will stop asking as well -- and their natural curiosity and imagination, which are the stepping stones to skeptical thinking, become censored in the meantime.

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Greg Carey: Praying With Kids: An Interview With Rev. Rachel Hackenberg

2012-04-11T12:12:14Z

Elementary-aged children are still learning but are not yet fully accustomed to "church language," so their prayers are not encumbered by doubt over using the right church words.

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Cheryl Dumesnil: When LesbiMom Reads To The First Graders

2012-04-10T12:56:00Z

When the principal of my oldest son's elementary school asked me to be a guest reader on "Read Across America Day," I chose a favorite from my own childhood, Miss Twiggley's Tree. Miss T's lifestyle is a little unusual. And the people in her town are totally freaked out by that.

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Imran Ahmad: Narnia in the Eyes of A Young Muslim Reader

2012-04-04T11:28:58Z

Decades later, I still find it hard to reconcile the fact that the Narnia books are immensely enjoyable children's stories with the theological undercurrents which Lewis has woven into them.

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Devon Corneal: 7 Books We Guarantee Will Make Your Kids Happy

2012-04-02T10:20:03Z

Choosing books this month was easy -- I picked the books that make me happy. These are stories that I can read until my eyes pop out of my head, with moments that make me laugh out loud, and messages that make me smile before I've opened the cover.

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