There are actually lots of reasons to read picture book biographies. If you have children in your life, you can show them how people around the world live incredibly interesting lives by reading with a child. You can read a book about someone who has similar characteristics to the child, whether it be ethnic background,
Image copyright © Phoebe Wahl 2026 / Courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers There is a braiding craze in the second grade class. They’ll knit anything: shoelaces, hair, friendship bracelets, the tails of their toy ponies. But Noah has nothing to braid. So his teacher takes a whiteboard cloth and tears it into
toyota is not reinventing tundra For 2027, but it’s sharpening every edge that matters. The full-size pickup gets a bolder, more purposeful front end, the latest generation of Toyota’s multimedia technology and – most notably – an all-new Trailhunter package aimed at the overlanding crowd. It’s a targeted refresh based on how owners actually live
Picture books really do make for a special reading experience because they can be shared with the little ones in your life. Wordless picture books provide an even more unique reading experience because storytelling can become collaborative. You don’t need to know how to read stories to tell stories, so this can be a fun
1994 film Forrest Gump remains one of the most famous films in cinema history. The story follows Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks, who unexpectedly becomes part of key moments in American history from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Despite his low IQ, the kind-hearted Alabama native navigated decades of change through military service
Ever since my niece, Grace, was born, I’ve dreamed of sharing books with her, and now that she’s three years old, she’s discovering a whole new world of picture books with big ideas. In our family, Grace is surrounded by people with various disabilities. The people she loves think differently, move differently and learn differently.
my dad can by Stephen Lightbown, illustrated by Claire Sahara Lemp, quarto, £7.99Iris’s dad can turn into dinosaurs, unicorns, whatever she imagines – although some people see dad’s wheelchair and assume he can’t do anything. This soft-spoken, colorfully illustrated book celebrates the playfulness and creativity of parenthood. fluffy futon by Yuichi Kasano, translated by Kathy
Going to the beach every year was one of my favorite parts of the summer when I was growing up. And it still is. Now that summer has officially started, it’s time to head to the beach. But if you can’t go to the beach, reading about the beach might be the next best thing.
chevrolet Going all out on V8 muscle for its next big truck. The cover on the next-generation 2027 Silverado 1500 has officially been broken, and Chevy is calling it the most powerful Silverado yet. According to Chevy, two next-generation naturally-aspirated V8 engines – a 5.7L and a 6.6L – have been revealed, which now make
One day in the early 1940s, David Plowden picked up his Kodak Brownie box camera and headed with his mother to the train depot near his family’s farm in Vermont. He was 11 years old and so fascinated by steam engines that he often traveled on the railway tracks and befriended some of the conductors