Back-to-school is right around the corner, but are you ready with the latest and greatest picture books that celebrate life at school? These ten stories...

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11 New Standout Picture Books July 2025 - Imagination Soup

July is zipping by, isn’t it? We haven’t done any vacations, but I have started something very fun–volunteering at a hippotherapy barn! I love it...

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9 New Chapter Books for Ages 6 to 9, July 2025 - Imagination Soup

Chapter books fill the gap between early readers and middle grade books. They have short chapters, simple sentences, accessible vocabulary, relatable plots, and often are...

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29.07.2025

30 Best Picture Books of 2025 (So Far) - Imagination Soup

Are you wondering what children’s picture books to read or buy from 2025 so far? Here are my favorite picture books of 2025, both fiction...

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20 Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 (So Far) - Imagination Soup

Whether you’re heading back to school and want to buy new books for your library or classroom, or you’re a parent who wants to add...

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Librarians Open New Worlds One Book at a Time - Imagination Soup

The Glen Rock Library was a place of pure magic. I’m betting it still is! When I was younger, they offered a reading challenge, as...

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12.07.2025

Five Picture Books That Will Transport Readers to New Places - Imagination Soup

Locations fascinate and inspire me. The grand hush of a museum is more memorable to me than the art inside. The eeriness of a cave...

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09.07.2025

7 New Middle Grade Books You Don't Want to Miss, July 2025 - Imagination Soup

I took June off from reading middle grade, so I’m sharing what I’ve read and recommend from the last few months of releases. Of course,...

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01.07.2025

7 Graphic Novels with Female Protagonists That Boys Will Love, Too - Imagination Soup

There’s a common notion that boys don’t enjoy books with female protagonists. If you’ve run into that with your own kid, here are two things...

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01.07.2025

Funny Middle Grade Graphic Novels for Tweens - Imagination Soup

Most kids love reading funny books. Add in the graphic novel format, and you get a winning combination of funny graphic novels!

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01.07.2025

Funny Graphic Novels for Growing Readers Ages 6 to 9 - Imagination Soup

There’s a special kind of magic when kids read funny graphic novel chapter books. Graphic novels offer visual support, bite-sized text, and fast-paced plots. But...

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24.06.2025

15 New Picture Books, June 2025 - Imagination Soup

Get ready to stock up on the new picture books for June, 2025. This fresh crop of picture books are funny, imaginative, heartwarming, and playful....

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24.06.2025

Picture Books About Weather - Imagination Soup

Help your children learn about the different kinds of weather with picture books! Here’s a collection of great books to get you started. But first,...

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17.06.2025

Read Around the World Middle Grade Reading Challenge for Tweens - Imagination Soup

Open a book, pack your imaginary bags, and travel the world in this Read Around the World Middle Grade Book Reading Challenge for tweens ages...

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17.06.2025

Activity Books for Kids of All Ages - Imagination Soup

What activity books, sticker books, workbooks, and activity kits will help keep your kids learning and growing? Save these for times when you need your...

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17.06.2025

Children's Books Set in South and Southeast Asia - Imagination Soup

Are you looking for children’s middle grade books for kids that take place in south and southeast Asia? Specifically Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and...

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12.06.2025

10 Middle Grade Books Set in Mexico - Imagination Soup

If you’ve got tweens or kids who love reading and discovering new places through stories, let’s travel south of the United States border to my...

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12.06.2025

Best Children's Books Set in Africa - Imagination Soup

Share this list of children’s books set in Africa with your children ages 2 to 12. Discover picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books...

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12.06.2025

20 Middle Grade Books Set in Europe - Imagination Soup

Pack your bags for a middle grade book adventure across Europe! If your tween loves middle grade books that mix excitement, culture, and a taste...

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12.06.2025

Best Middle Grade Books Set in New York City - Imagination Soup

Tweens, read an unforgettable middle grade book set in the hustle, bustle, and heart of New York City, Manhattan! Whether your tween readers dreams of...

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12.06.2025

Must-Read Middle Grade Books Set in London & the United Kingdom - Imagination Soup

There’s something so special about London, England, where my oldest daughter went to university and still lives. She loves London’s ease of navigation, diversity, culture,...

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05.06.2025

What's New in Early Readers & Chapter Books, June 2025 - Imagination Soup

Ready for what’s new in early readers and chapter books? You’ll find new titles and some not-to-be-missed sequels, including books in the the Pumpkin &...

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29.05.2025

17 Exceptional New Nonfiction Children's Books, June 2025 - Imagination Soup

I’m thrilled to tell you that the most recent batch of nonfiction children’s books are AMAZING! After my discouragement with the recent fictional picture books,...

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27.05.2025

85 Best Picture Book Biographies for Kids, 2025 - Imagination Soup

I love introducing kids to ordinary people who did amazing things by reading picture book biographies for kids. Don't you? These biographies for kids are inspirational narrative nonfiction texts that are written like a story, appealing to children with beautiful illustrations.

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23.05.2025

Pack These Page-Turners: The Best Middle Grade Books Set at Summer Camp - Imagination Soup

The summer camp experience can be a positive (or negative) coming-of-age experience with opportunities to become independent and grow by doing new things and make...

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21.05.2025

13 Incredible Middle Grade Books, May 2025 - Imagination Soup

Some months have so many new and incredible new middle grade books. Like this month’s new releases that range from heartwarming, realistic stories to magical...

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21.05.2025

30 Children's Books with Muslim Characters - Imagination Soup

Children’s books, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books, with Muslim characters show representation, open kids’ eyes to new cultures, and build empathy. We...

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18.05.2025

What's Good in Picture Books, May 2025 - Imagination Soup

I read over fifty fiction picture books this month and chose my top fourteen to share with you. (Some are from April, but most are...

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24.04.2025

3 Outstanding New Middle Grade Books, April 2025 - Imagination Soup

These three middle grade books are so good that I added them to my summer reading lists. In fact, The Cartoonist Club reminded me of...

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09.04.2025

A CUP OF QUIET Writing Prompts for Elementary-Age Writers - Imagination Soup

written by author and poet Nikki Grimes A CUP OF QUIET Writing Prompts for Elementary-Age Writers In A Cup of Quiet, a girl listens for,...

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08.04.2025

Best Earth Day Children's Books - Imagination Soup

Inspire kids to take care of the Earth with these powerful children's books.

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05.04.2025

15 Magical Middle Grade Fantasy Books for Tweens - Imagination Soup

If you’re searching for the best middle grade fantasy books for your readers, I’m excited to share my favorite recommendations for kids ages 9 to...

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10 Excellent Middle Grade Biographies - Imagination Soup

I love sharing middle grade biographies of ordinary and inspirational people who achieved extraordinary things with middle grade readers who are ages 9 to 12....

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04.04.2025

What's Old Is New! 15 Graphic Novel Adaptations of Popular Kids' Books - Imagination Soup

Truly, what's old is new in this book list of incredible chapter book and middle grade graphic novel adaptations of popular kids' books for ages 7 to 12!

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02.04.2025

21 Excellent New Picture Books, April 2025 - Imagination Soup

Wowza, does April have a lot of excellent picture books! I wanted to stop reviewing books at about ten, but there were too many good...

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27.03.2025

Seven Notable New Middle Grade Books, March 2025 - Imagination Soup

Who wants a good middle grade book? I’ve been struggling to get hooked on a good book lately, maybe you have, too. But hooray, hoorah,...

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27.03.2025

Incredible New Nonfiction Children's Books, March 2025 - Imagination Soup

I love this batch of nonfiction books for kids with some fabulous titles about animals and the environment, just in time for Spring and Earth...

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