The Best Activity Books for Kids, According to My KidsThey’re engaging, inspiring, and thoroughly engrossing and invite kids to doodle, color, solve puzzles, and create their own stories.

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The actor and author, who didn't fall in love with reading himself until his thirties, wants kids to get something special out of his milestone publication Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

The National Postal Museum's website offers a variety of online activities for kids of all ages, including how to make your own time capsule!

When young people see themselves in the books they read, it can be life-changing—and so can reading about characters with very different lives. This list of picture books, historical fiction, ...

Did you have that one book as a kid that you were absolutely obsessed with? One that you read over and over again, or maybe had your parents read to you every night before bed? Maybe it was a simple ...

September 18, 2025 • A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're ...

Finding the perfect movie for big kids—those tweens who've outgrown most animated fairy tales but aren't quite ready for intense content—can be a challenge. This age group craves stories with more ...

When Amanda Rulton picked up a cheap coloring book and some felt-tip pens, she didn’t expect the activity to stick. It came when she was in the middle of a health crisis. Eighteen months ago, she had ...

A Toy Reviewer’s Guide to the Best Holiday Gifts for 1-Year-Olds From busy boards and stacking toys to a starter balance bike and an actually good-looking activity center.