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4 funny novels for summer giving us the comic relief we desperately need right now

4 funny novels for summer giving us the comic relief we desperately need right now

by Kate Etue | Books for Adults

I don’t know about you, but I’m either needing to project my primal scream into Iceland or get a really good, belly-aching laugh in with a funny new summer novel. We’re in the final stretch of summer at my house before school starts (whatever that...
Meena Harris on the importance of diversity in children’s books, and raising kids who care | Spawned Ep 204

Meena Harris on the importance of diversity in children’s books, and raising kids who care | Spawned Ep 204

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Doing Good, Podcast

A few days ago, just before an intense week of protests and democratic uprising across America, I was grateful to talk to the truly delightful, brilliant Meena Harris. She’s an activist, strategist, mom of two, and now, author of the wonderful new...
7 awesome Father’s Day gifts that support indie bookstores | Father’s Day Gifts 2020

7 awesome Father’s Day gifts that support indie bookstores | Father’s Day Gifts 2020

by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults, Father's Day Gifts, For the Menfolk

Next up in our Father’s Day Gift Guide Pandemic Edition ™ , we’re sharing Father’s Day gifts that support indie bookstores. Because investing in our local brick-and-mortar bookshops now, means they’ll still be around when it’s safe to...
A beautiful new children’s book, just in time for Father’s Day | Sponsored Message

A beautiful new children’s book, just in time for Father’s Day | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Books for Kids

This is a sponsored message forCandlewick Press With Father’s Day right around the corner, there’s nothing more special than the gift of time together, reading Hike, newest book written and illustrated by Pete Oswald, the New York Times bestselling...
10 books to help kids and teens cope with anxiety during Covid 19. Because it may be getting harder, not easier.

10 books to help kids and teens cope with anxiety during Covid 19. Because it may be getting harder, not easier.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

Anxiety had already been a concern for many of our kids before the Covid pandemic hit, and as we all know, the current situation isn’t helping. All of us are having to navigate an entirely new way of life right now, and it can be particularly hard on kids. Their...
8 creative ways to thank our teachers during a very different Teacher Appreciation Week

8 creative ways to thank our teachers during a very different Teacher Appreciation Week

by Christina Refford | DIY, School Gear

If there is any year we should all be making sure we send an extra thank you to our favorite teachers, it’s this one. They’re reimagining their entire spring curriculum so that kids can continue to learn from home, they’re getting up to speed on...
5 must-read new children’s books about Black history this year so you can keep learning all year long

5 must-read new children’s books about Black history this year so you can keep learning all year long

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

With the coverage of Black History Month winding down in the news, we actually think this is the perfect time to share some of the new children’s books about Black history that we’ve discovered over the past month. Because all children’s history...
Penguin Minis are the coolest, tiniest way to read your favorite YA books.

Penguin Minis are the coolest, tiniest way to read your favorite YA books.

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

As a life-long bookworm, I am always looking for ways to get my three teens to put down their phones and read more books. Sound familiar? Then check out the coolest, new-to-me concept in book publishing: Penguin Minis. These novels for teens and tweens are turning the...
How to save your children’s lives from real threats. Like werewolves. And woolly mammoths.  | Spawned ep 184

How to save your children’s lives from real threats. Like werewolves. And woolly mammoths. | Spawned ep 184

by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast

On this week’s Spawned parenting podcast, we are tackling a VERY SERIOUS SUBJECT. So profoundly serious, it could literally save lives. And it will. Because sure, you’ve covered your light sockets and put the Tide Pods on a high shelf, but do you know...
The best children’s books of 2019 to read in 2020: All the lists in one convenient place.

The best children’s books of 2019 to read in 2020: All the lists in one convenient place.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

It’s time to make your 2020 reading list! This is our fifth year to round up all the year’s best-of lists of children’s books, all in one convenient place for you, so you can have quick access to dozens of ideas when you’re at the bookstore or...
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