Well, friends, we’ve come to the end of the month and The Baby Bookworm’s very last post. Like all of life’s big challenges, saying goodbye can lead to some very big feelings. So for our last post, we wanted to share some of our favorite new and upcoming books that encourage little ones to take … Continue reading Reading Through Big Feelings + A Very Fond Farewell
It’s one week until Independence Day and the United States’s 250th Birthday, so it feels like a good time to recommend some books that remind readers of the true spirit of the USA. The United States is every skin tone, every hair type, every culture, every faith, every family. The United States is he, she, … Continue reading Books on the Meaning of Unity for the U.S.A. 250th Celebration
With the arrival of a new baby, families always face big changes; some exciting, some exhausting, and some surprising! There are new routines to adjust to, new discoveries and bonds to be made, and new memories to form as the family grows. And this time of adjustment can be especially difficult to navigate for those … Continue reading The Gift of Love: Pooja Makhijani Explores Maternal Mental Health with Little Readers
So far, 2026 has been an amazing year for middle grade fiction! There have been so many powerful novels that offer humor, heartbreak, heroism, and healing. These are a few of our recent favs; what are some of yours? Dante N. Ferno is NOT a Loser by Brian Gordon The Moon Without Stars by Chanel … Continue reading Sunday Reading: Middle Grade Recommendations
Wishing to grow up faster and be entrusted with more adult responsibilities is a pretty universal theme for kids; no matter where in the world you grow up, there’s nothing quite like the feeling of being a “grownup.” But for the young protagonist of Suuban's First Day: A First Day of Herding Story, written by … Continue reading SUUBAN’S FIRST DAY (Shugri Salh, illus. by Àlàbá Ònájìn)
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