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15 Creative Ways to Get Kids Reading (That Really Work!)

15 Creative Ways to Get Kids Reading (That Really Work!)

Take a creative approach to get your kids reading books! YA author Alice Kuipers shares her top tips.

Alice Kuipers

This preemie survived thanks to 'Harry Potter' so J. K. Rowling sent her a special gift

This preemie survived thanks to 'Harry Potter' so J. K. Rowling sent her a special gift

'The girl who lived' was born at only 23 weeks and her father read her all the Harry Potter books every day.

Davina Sinnatamby

13 best family cookbooks of 2016

13 best family cookbooks of 2016

A batch of the freshest, most beautiful and—yes—practical cookbooks of the year. You'll eat them up!

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

25 best kids' books of 2016

25 best kids' books of 2016

From colourful board books to true stories and funny tales, check out our list of the best kids' picture books for 2016.

Amy Valm

5 books to teach your kids about privilege and socioeconomic differences

5 books to teach your kids about privilege and socioeconomic differences

These titles will help spark important conversations with your kids about privilege, socioeconomic differences, and empathy for others.

Alex Mlynek

You need to read this new Trudeau approved book about mentoring girls

You need to read this new Trudeau approved book about mentoring girls

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says this new book is a "call to action" and it totally is. Consider it your handbook on how to encourage girls to be strong and independent.

Flannery Dean

New book: 100 parenting milestones you never saw coming

New book: 100 parenting milestones you never saw coming

This hilarious new book lists all the funny and gross milestones that the experts don't tell you about.

Raquel D'Apice

3 books that helped me co-parent

3 books that helped me co-parent

Julie McCann

Kelly Clarkson's new kids' book will become a new bedtime favourite

Kelly Clarkson's new kids' book will become a new bedtime favourite

We had a chance to chat with Kelly Clarkson all about her new kids' book and her life as a mom.

Emily Rivas

On the Reef: a book that'll make your kid care about protecting wildlife

On the Reef: a book that'll make your kid care about protecting wildlife

How far would your kid go to save an animal? Judith and Shandley McMurray's new book, On the Reef, sets a great example.

Emily Rivas

25 best kids' books for fall

25 best kids' books for fall

Kick off the school year with the best new kids' books for fall!

Emily Rivas

10 birthday books we love

10 birthday books we love

We’ve rounded up the best children’s books about birthdays.

Sarah Steele

Waiting for pregnancy

Waiting for pregnancy

After finding out I was unlikely to become pregnant naturally, I started to contemplate fertility treatment.

Belle Boggs

J.K. Rowling to release three more Harry Potter books

J.K. Rowling to release three more Harry Potter books

Amy Valm

Why you should give up trying to raise the perfect kids

Why you should give up trying to raise the perfect kids

Author Alison Gopnik on the problems with parenting today—and how to embrace the mess.

Meagan Campbell

17 classic books every child should read

17 classic books every child should read

Build your baby's library with these classic books that every kid should read.

Emily Piccinin

14 reading comprehension workbooks for kids

14 reading comprehension workbooks for kids

Help your little reader enhance her comprehension skills with these useful workbooks.

Emily Rivas

Calling all Harry Potter fans: Over 400 midnight release parties will be happening across Canada!

Calling all Harry Potter fans: Over 400 midnight release parties will be happening across Canada!

Witches and wizards all over the country will be able to snag a copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed child before it hits shelves.

Emily Rivas

What it would be like if Dr. Seuss wrote about breastfeeding

What it would be like if Dr. Seuss wrote about breastfeeding

The Places You'll Feed! is a parody moms everywhere can relate to.

Emily Rivas

Kids’ books we love for 2016

Kids’ books we love for 2016

Each month we discover our favourite new kids’ books. Check back regularly to see what we’re adding to our library.

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