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These librarians convey the rules with a light touch.

Librarians responding to our 2024 Transitional Books Survey had a lot to say about their favorite series. Here's why "Fly Guy," "Mercy Watson," and others stand out to them. 

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Incorporating interactive features, engaging text, and delightful rhymes, these board books encourage the magic of a shared reading experience that no screen, app, or video can replicate.

We need more than ever inclusive ways to socialize with family, friends, and neighbors. In this list, two dozen books about kindness offer a recalibration or supplement to manners to account for the many ways our cultures, families, and differences manifest practices of getting along with one another.

When it comes to young learners, wonder is a key tool. It helps children become self-motivated learners, excited to explore where their knowledge will take them.

The science behind board books, a brief history of the format, and a look at the publishing market. 

Tips for engaging young kids with these works, which can build visual literacy and foster social-emotional skills, plus a video demonstration. 

From YouTube to TikTok, ­librarians’ videos are promoting early literacy and allowing access to learning activities. These tips and examples will inspire you to hit Record.

Taro Gomi’s Everyone Poops is a go-to for most grown-ups as they embark on the potty-training journey with their little ones. But the struggle gets real when it comes to getting toddlers aboard the “poo-poo” train. Share these 17 selections with frustrated (and hopeful) adults and their sweet babies.

Scheller and Ramirez engage students while addressing the word gap at Eiland Elementary School in Houston, TX, and are the first recipients of the LIbrarian/Teacher Collaboration Award, sponsored by TLC.

The author of The Extended Mind writes how bustling library atmospheres can foster focus, comprehension, and creativity.

Created out of necessity, virtual library programs for little ones and their families, who tune in from home, have many upsides.

The IMLS-funded program, Building a National Network of Museums and Libraries for School Readiness, will build on past work by the Boston Children's Museum and form a coalition of museums and libraries to better serve the youngest patrons.

Libraries offer a range of career support programs for childcare providers.

These 12 board books tackle topics from sharing to bathtime routines with a deft  touch.

Every educator can play a role in SEL, which has been shown to boost academic achievement and improve educational outcomes.