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Bugs for Lunch?

May 1, 2025

Bug Snacks was written by Jess French. She’s an author and a veterinarian. Her book explains that eating bugs could help the planet. Many people in the U.S. think eating bugs is icky. “But in the rest of the…

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Summer Reads

April 25, 2025

What’s your favorite genre? Do you like fantasy? Realistic or historical fiction? These graphic novels have it all. Which will you read this summer? Magic Tree House: Sunset of the Sabertooth Mary Pope Osborne’s best-selling books have been turned into…

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Little Birds, Big Journey

March 19, 2025

Paul Fleischman is a Newbery Medal–winning author. His latest book is The Class with Wings. It tells of a group of students who are tracking a bird migration. The tiny birds are called veeries. As a teacher describes the veeries’…

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What Do You See?

February 5, 2025

Kids have been having fun with I Spy books for more than 30 years. The books feature stunning images. I Spy Love is the newest in the series. The photographs were made by Walter Wick. Wick started as a still-life…

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Same Same

November 6, 2024

Author Jennifer E. Smith and illustrator Leo Espinosa are the team behind The Creature of Habit. Readers of the book meet a large creature and a small one. The large creature does the exact same thing every day. He likes…

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Beyond Halloween

October 10, 2024

Spooky Celebrations Around the World is a new book by Matt Ralphs. It details spooky traditions from different countries. Many cultures celebrate those who have died. But not all these celebrations are scary. They can be joyful and fun, too.…

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Big First Day

September 12, 2024

Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is the author of Gloriana, Presente. In the book, Gloriana is starting school. She is nervous. She does not speak much English. Spanish is her first language. Reynoso-Morris had the same experience. She spoke to TFK Kid Reporter…

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Lessons from a Master

April 19, 2024

Maurice Ashley is the first Black chess grandmaster. He’s also the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Chess. The book presents the basics of chess. Ashley uses his experience with chess to explain them. TFK Kid Reporter Sophia Zhang spoke…

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Let's Eat

March 6, 2024

Old Clothes for Dinner, by Nathalie Alonso, is about a girl named Magaly. Her grandmother has just moved in. Magaly loves her abuela’s Cuban cooking. But then, her grandmother says she’s making ropa vieja. Magaly knows this is Spanish for…

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The Wonders of Rocks

February 8, 2024

What a Rock Can Reveal uncovers the stories behind different rocks and minerals. This nonfiction book is by Maya Wei-Haas. She spoke with TFK Kid Reporter Ben Stern. “There’s no such thing as a boring rock,” she believes. Each has…

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