Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do All the Good You Can

If your kids are as fascinated by all the political news are mine are, here’s a new middle grade book about candidate Hillary Clinton entitled Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do All

Mark Your Calendars!

To the delight of every single person on the planet (I exaggerate, but only slightly) this July 31, a “special rehearsal edition” of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts

A way to spot who might get allergies

It appears that there are signs pointing to which children will get food allergies, well before the hives, rashes, and other allergic reactions occur. A new study testing the blood

A middle grade book bidding war

This was an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about a new illustrated book coming out from Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen. In the feature, author Jennifer Maloney points

iLoveMG

Sweet! A new event to put the spotlight on the all-too-often overlooked middle grade category, iLoveMG, launches the week of January 25. This is a great article about the initiative,

So much niceness here!

I’ve said this before, but we have had really good luck with people being thoughtful and inclusive about A’s allergies. Parents, teachers and even friends of hers have worked to

“The Baby-Sitters Club” meets coding

I’m not quite sure how anything can be “The Baby-Sitters Club” meets coding, which is how a new series from the cool organization Girls Who Code and Viking Children’s Books is

Gingerbread

I admire this writer’s commitment to building the perfect gingerbread house, egg allergies be damned! Here’s their imperfect creation.

My new favorite tool

I recently downloaded Simple Blocker. Have you used it? It’s a way to stop yourself from wasting time online instead of getting work done. You simply list all the sites

The hole in your bookshelf

I was at my favorite local bookstore this weekend, and the bookseller was shocked (and appalled!) that I’ve never read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by