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The Best Children’s Books That We All Grew Up With

We've all heard that reading books has something to do with improving our imagination, right? Well, it turns out that that's not the only benefit of reading, so keep on, and we'll tell you all about it!

We've all heard that reading books has something to do with improving our imagination, right? Well, it turns out that that's not the only benefit of reading, so keep on, and...

50 Popular Children’s Books From The ‘90s

Relive your childhood with these children’s books from the 90s that are still popular today. From Harry Potter to The Rainbow Fish, find your favorites!

Relive your childhood with these children’s books from the 90s that are still popular today. From Harry Potter to The Rainbow Fish, find your favorites!

Book Cover Challenge Sweeps Over Twitter And People Share Their Efforts In Recreating Them

Libraries, like many other cultural institutions, have to get really creative nowadays to remind people that they still exist under all these lockdowns. One of the fresher trends on social media is the #BookCoverChallenge sweeping over Twitter.

Libraries, like many other cultural institutions, have to get really creative nowadays to remind people that they still exist under all these lockdowns. One of the fresher trends on social media...

I Wrote And Illustrated A Book About A Cloud Without A Silver Lining

I have always wanted to craft a children’s book. And this one was born out of a Circuit Breaker. I have never written a children’s book before, but I have never experienced a Circuit Breaker as well.

I have always wanted to craft a children’s book. And this one was born out of a Circuit Breaker. I have never written a children’s book before, but I have never...

I Wrote A Children’s Fantasy Book To Help Change People’s Perception Of Africa And African Culture

Think back to the last couple of big stories you heard about Africa on the news. For many people, at least one of those stories involved poverty, violence, disease or corruption. Even many fictional books set in Africa are usually tied...

Think back to the last couple of big stories you heard about Africa on the news. For many people, at least one of those stories involved poverty, violence, disease or corruption....

25+ Changes To Your Favorite Childhood Book Show How Much Society Has Changed

Richard Scarry, the prolific children's book author who has created more than 300 books since 1949, has quietly been updating his work to ensure that it would be acceptable for modern audiences. Since the 1950s, our understanding of gender roles and...

Richard Scarry, the prolific children's book author who has created more than 300 books since 1949, has quietly been updating his work to ensure that it would be acceptable for modern...

61 Of The Weirdest Children’s Books Ever

Children's minds haven't been ruined by adult humor the way ours have, so children's book authors have a lot of leeway when it comes to the language they use. And even with that in mind, some of these pages from weird...

Children's minds haven't been ruined by adult humor the way ours have, so children's book authors have a lot of leeway when it comes to the language they use. And even...