These new books help kids plan ahead for summer fun, from family hikes to watching fireflies. by Dori Elys, illustrated by Riley Samels (Little Simon, preschool ages) Start the day smarter.

Use Your Words Named for the preschool teacher who, in the mid-1980s, sought to teach the fundamentals of reading, Bob Books began as a homegrown business run by Bobby Lynn Maslen and her ...

The team creating a new line of Workman Publishing books is grappling with Madonna’s mole. It is too small to work as a sticker for a “Paint by Sticker” book, a series inspired by paint-by ...