ROC a Book Baby

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My Kids Love ‘Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!’ What Should They Read Next? Twelve recommendations for young fans of Mo Willems.

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Let Us Help You Find Your Next Children’s Book Whether you’re looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.

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The 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Take a peek at this year’s winners.

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Let Us Help You Find Your Next Children’s Book Whether you’re looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.

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The Best Children’s Books of 2024 Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

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The 2024 New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Take a peek at this year’s winners.

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Inside the whimsical world of celebrated children's author Sandra Boynton If there's a toddler in your life, chances are you know the name Sandra Boynton. Reading her board books to little ones at bedtime is part of the nightly ritual in homes across America. For our Weekend Spotlight series, John Yang visited Boynton on her ...

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In 1952, a book appeared that redefined children’s literature. “A lap is so you don’t get crumbs on the floor,” it proclaimed. “A mustache is to wear on Halloween. A hat is to wear on a train.” Its author, Ruth Krauss, had gathered many of the definitions from actual children—including the book’s title, “A Hole Is to Dig”—and worked with a little-known 23-year-old artist named Maurice Sendak to draw the squirmy, cheeky kids on each page. Krauss’s books pioneered a method that now seems intuitive: portraying the world from the perspective of a child’s imagination. Read more: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/eh0jnY

3 Shel Silverstein Poems to Read With Your Children Hilarious and tender, he was ahead of his time.

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The Essential Shel Silverstein He was irreverent, absurdist and ahead of his time. Here’s the best of the best by the groovy pied piper who made poetry fun.

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How to Raise a Reader Originally published on June 21, 2017