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9 Kids' Books With Powerfully Useful Life-Lessons

Lauren Cahn | Posted 06.12.2013 | Parents
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Lauren Cahn

When children's literature is done right, it connects with us on some visceral, primal level -- somewhere beyond conscious thought -- delivering foundational life lessons that shape us into the people we become and remain imprinted on us throughout our lives.

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WATCH: Second Grader's Obama Story Gets Animated

Posted 10.18.2012 | Comedy
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One of Kristen Schaal's greatest assets is her distinctively squeaky voice, and never before has it been used as effectively as it is in "Diary of a B...

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Childhood Revised

Eleni Gage | Posted 09.30.2012 | Parents
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Eleni Gage

Fiction of all sorts, including nursery rhymes, allows us to try out conflict in a safe way. That's the point, it's where the thrill comes in; we're scared, then reassured the danger isn't real.

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My Daughter the Fox and the Making of Children's Stories

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 05.06.2012 | Parents
Read More: Storytelling, Alice in Wonderland, The Nose, Story Teling, Story-Telling, Children's Tales, Children's Stories, Make-Believe, Parenting, Children's Books, Parents News
Davis Schneiderman

A parent's job is not only to serve as a storyteller, but also to create the conditions for the stories of children to emerge.

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Reaching African Children Through Fables and Animation

Atim Oton | Posted 12.25.2011 | Black Voices
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Atim Oton

African culture is an oral culture but modernity has given us ways to document our stories and heritage. This is why I was so excited to see and share Arit's Fables, a series of animated African fables for children.

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A Winter's Tale

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Jilly Gagnon

Well, yes, sweetie, he was white; he was made of snow, snow is white. No, I don't think that reflects on Daddy's deeply-internalized racial prejudices. I think it reflects on what snow looks like.

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Mother Goose Meet 'Other Goose'

J.otto Seibold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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J.otto Seibold

First, let me tell you a little secret about Mother Goose. SHE IS NOT A GOOSE! She is actually a person.

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10 Of The Bloodiest Bedtime Stories Ever

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Most modern versions would have you believe that a passing woodcutter heard the little girl's cries and slashed open the wolf with his axe to reveal t...

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Which Bedtime Stories Do You Love?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Julia Moulden

You know the routine: children become attached to certain books and want us to read them over and over again, often on the same night!

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