The SDG Book Club launched in April 2019, the aim being to develop a reading list of titles for readers aged 6-12 years about the importance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to encourage young people around the world to set up their own book clubs on this subject (more...
Here are the best books for 4 year old boys (including both fiction and non-fiction books.) I hope you love them as much as we do! While there are 4-year-olds who read independently, most are more likely to know their letters. Some may know specific written words such as their name...
In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys—best friends—are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he...
“Kaleidoscope”, by Lu Mei (Anhui shaonian ertong chubanshe) — During the summer holidays, nine-year-old Mai Xiaojie has adventures in Shanghai’s shikumen. As the title suggests, there are different ways of looking at things… // 陆梅:《万花筒》(安徽少年儿童出版社) “Tiled Roofs and M...
11-year-old Ellie is constantly bullied for being fat. Can she gain the confidence to be unapologetically herself? Ages 10-13 but the themes and verse novel format make this book appealing to older teens as well. Read more about it in our selection of best books of 2022 for kids. Read...
Life Skills Every 9 Year Old Should Know: An Essential Handbook for 9 Year Old Boys and Girls to Unlock Their Secret Superpowers and Succeed in All Areas of Life (Life Skills Every Kid Should Know 4) Hayden Fox 4.5 out of 5 stars 310 Kindle Edition 1 offer from $2.99 #6 ...
But you know what? Now is as good a time as any. Maybe, it’s important for you and Gabriel to learn about the old days and the old ways – and anyway, we can always bury it again afterwards.’ He shifted around and looked at me directly. I could see he wasn’t angry anymore ...
The book follows Jack Torrance as he becomes the off-season caretaker of an old hotel, the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. As Torrance starts to fear something sinister happening in the hotel, he must turn to Danny Torrance, his five-year-old son, for help. ...
11-year-old Ellie lives by “Fat Girls Rules” which are ways to become smaller and not stand out. She’s been teased and bullied about her weight since she was five years old. In this emotionally resonant verse novel, Ellie learns to love herself for the smart, funny, creative, and ...
In 1964, the eponymous narrator of ‘Eileen’ by Ottessa Moshfegh is twenty-four years old, living with her alcoholic father and working as a secretary at a correctional facility for teenage boys. During the week leading up to Christmas, Eileen Dunlop is planning to disappear from her coastal...