Art, Drama, Performance

A poetic personification of the winter season, Mother Winter goes walking "on the longest cold night," inviting the reader along to experience chill winds, icy ponds, white snowdrifts, and other quiet wonders.

When Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem "If--" in 1909, he was addressing his 12-year-old son, John, who would die in battle a few short years later during World War I. The famous author's words, encouraging a code of living based on good morals, soon...

It's Valentine's Day! Spread love with a cute love bug, funny card, and super bestie bot. These DIY crafts and other activities will make the perfect Valentine's Day celebration for friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making crafts can be...

It's Valentine's Day! Spread love with a cute love bug, funny card, and super bestie bot. These DIY crafts and other activities will make the perfect Valentine's Day celebration for friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making crafts can be...

It's turkey time! Decorate with a pinecone turkey, thankful banner, and painted rocks. These DIY decorations and activities and other party prep will make the perfect Thanksgiving celebration with friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making...

It's the Fourth of July! Decorate with a star-spangled banner, patriotic wind sleeve, and rocket ring toss. These DIY decorations and more will make the perfect Independence Day celebration with friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making...

It's the Fourth of July! Decorate with a star-spangled banner, patriotic wind sleeve, and rocket ring toss. These DIY decorations and more will make the perfect Independence Day celebration with friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making...

It's spooky season! Decorate with frightfully fun string art, ghoulish garland, and haunted ghost hands. These DIY decorations and more will make the perfect Halloween celebration with friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making crafts can be...

It's spooky season! Decorate with frightfully fun string art, ghoulish garland, and haunted ghost hands. These DIY decorations and more will make the perfect Halloween celebration with friends and family. Kids learn how easy and fun making crafts can be...

It's Christmas time! Deck the halls with emoji snowmen, reindeer orbs, and candy cane cheer. These DIY decorations, gifts, and games will make the perfect Christmas celebration with friends and family, whether they've been naughty or nice. Kids learn how...

It's Christmas time! Deck the halls with emoji snowmen, reindeer orbs, and candy cane cheer. These DIY decorations, gifts, and games will make the perfect Christmas celebration with friends and family, whether they've been naughty or nice. Kids learn how...

It's birthday time! Hang some party swirls, top the treats with funny riddles, and get ready to crown the birthday kid. These awesome DIY decorations, party prep, and games will make the perfect birthday celebration for friends and family. Kids learn how...

It's birthday time! Hang some party swirls, top the treats with funny riddles, and get ready to crown the birthday kid. These awesome DIY decorations, party prep, and games will make the perfect birthday celebration for friends and family. Kids learn how...

An exuberant child celebrates being one year older, calling out body parts from head to toe that have grown since their last birthday. When you're young, every inch grown feels like a huge achievement. You're not just one year older, you're one year...

A musical toddler keeps his parents on their toes as he explores his world and turns everything--from walls to the family pet--into a means to tap out a beat. Capturing both the joy and frustrations of toddler life and young parenthood, Everything a Drum...

After Sister Spring awakes "with the first daffodil on the very last breath of frost," she colors the sunrise with a kiss, provides thunder for the hills, and invites the reader to gambol in the meadow and "dream the seeds of the morrow." A companion to...

There is something about the smooth surface of a puddle that beckons to children to disturb it--they want to see how the water splashes upward, to feel the droplets on their skin. This poetic, illustrated board book gives voice to the puddle as it...

Young listeners and readers will be "stirred" to action as they follow along with the lilting rhyme, rhythm, and repeating words of Christina Rossetti's classic children's poem, illustrated as a board book by Swiss artist Monique Felix. The animal...

Storytelling is an ancient and powerful human tradition. It ties us to cultural memory and the experiences of those who came before us, linking one generation to the next. Oral tradition is of keen importance to Black heritage and is honored here in this...

Get kids ready to bend and twirl! Where do ballet dancers practice? And what should you wear to class? Conversational questions and answers share what kids can expect when they join a ballet class, including what shoes to pack, basic ballet positions,...

Get kids ready to bend and twirl! Where do ballet dancers practice? And what should you wear to class? Conversational questions and answers share what kids can expect when they join a ballet class, including what shoes to pack, basic ballet positions,...

Get kids ready to bend and twirl! Where do ballet dancers practice? And what should you wear to class? Translated into Spanish, conversational questions and answers share what kids can expect when they join a ballet class, including what shoes to pack,...

Get kids ready to bend and twirl! Where do ballet dancers practice? And what should you wear to class? Translated into Spanish, conversational questions and answers share what kids can expect when they join a ballet class, including what shoes to pack,...

What type of person does it take to change the world? Readers will explore this question as they learn about the life and works of some of the world's most important entertainers. In 12 Entertainers Who Changed the World, readers are drawn in by each...

What type of person does it take to change the world? Readers will explore this question as they learn about the life and works of some of the world's most important entertainers. In 12 Entertainers Who Changed the World, readers are drawn in by each...

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David MametA blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in...

Belt out pop anthems with Lizzo. Bang on the drums with Nandi Bushell. Write country hits with Dolly Parton. This collection of 25 mini biographies features extraordinary women in music who have moved hearts and minds with their lyrics and uplifted other...

Blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson led a hardscrabble life, but in 1977, NASA's Voyager spacecrafts were launched, carrying a golden record to introduce planet Earth to the cosmos, and one of his songs became the defining anthem.

Calling the BeyHive! Learn about pop superstar Beyoncé and her accomplishments as a musician in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of her upbringing, her...

Calling the BeyHive! Learn about pop superstar Beyoncé and her accomplishments as a musician in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of her upbringing, her...

Calling all Swifties! Learn about global superstar Taylor Swift and her accomplishments in the music industry in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of Swift's...

Calling all Swifties! Learn about global superstar Taylor Swift and her accomplishments in the music industry in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of Swift's...

Tune in! Learn about British pop star Ed Sheeran and his accomplishments as a musician in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of his upbringing, his...

Tune in! Learn about British pop star Ed Sheeran and his accomplishments as a musician in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of his upbringing, his...

Tune in! Learn about British pop star Harry Styles and his accomplishments in the music industry in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of his upbringing, his...

Tune in! Learn about British pop star Harry Styles and his accomplishments in the music industry in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile is complete with an overview of his upbringing, his...

Five, six, seven, eight! Learn about JoJo Siwa and her accomplishments as a dancer and YouTube personality in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile provides an overview of her upbringing,...

Five, six, seven, eight! Learn about JoJo Siwa and her accomplishments as a dancer and YouTube personality in this short biography packed with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. This profile provides an overview of her upbringing,...

After 12-year-old Anya is cut from her middle school soccer team, she decides to pursue her true passion, which is theater. With the help of her sister and new friend Austin, Anya puts together a kids' summer theater troupe (The Random Farms Kids'...

Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the...