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One Father's 100 'Must-Read' Picture Books ... and Mine, Too

A "canon" of picture books that any English-speaking child should know - and a few of the ones I think the list's author missed.

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A Crucial Child-Rearing Lesson From an Understanding Cow

Ferdinand the Bull's mother knew to let Ferdinand be Ferdinand. It's not always as easy to to let our children be who they are.

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Home-Schooling, Comic Con Style (Part 1)

Roaming Comic Con in search of educational titles, and finding a surprising bounty of history, science and lit.

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Home-Schooling, Comic Con Style (Part 2)

Roaming Comic Con in search of educational titles, and finding a surprising bounty of social studies, language, music, health and even higher ed.

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Little Bear, Sal and One Unforgettable Forgettable Day

Comfort and security from two timeless mothers and two lost-then-found babies in "Blueberries for Sal."

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Weekly Reader: Vampires, Park Slope, Men and Marshmallows

Books and articles that grabbed me: "Motherland," "The End of Men," "Aftermath" and an update to the famous marshmallow experiment that puts more weight on nurture than nature.

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'Do You Want to Be Careful, or Do You Want to Be Friends?'

Lessons in friendship, lessons in sympathetic-but-firm parenting - which is your favorite Frances book, and what did Frances teach you?

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What Classic Picture Book Fills You With Dread?

I love classic picture books-except the ones that upset me so much that I can't read them.

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What's Your Desert Island Picture Book?

If you could select one picture book to hand to every child at birth, or one book to take to a desert island, what would you pick?

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Haunted by 'The Lonely Doll'

As a child, I was fascinated by the beautiful, eerie world of Dare Wright. I loved her books and the uneasy feeling they gave me.

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'Far From the Tree' and the Literature of Autism

Among other things, "Far from the Tree" is a tribute to parents who live the daily grind, who celebrate incremental victories, and who avoid reading books about their child's diagnosis until they're...

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Parenthood and the New York Times Notable Books List

I read a lot less since I became a parent, but does that excuse my sorry New York Times Notable Books score?

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What's Your Favorite Holiday Christmas Book?

Can you even choose a favorite holiday book?

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Scarlet Fever Probably Didn’t Blind Mary Ingalls

Mary Ingalls's blindness at age 14 was likely caused by viral meningoencephalitis. Why did the book name scarlet fever as the culprit, and why does it matter?

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Pamela Druckerman’s Favorite ‘French Parenting’ Advice

Why talk more about "French parenting"? Because in the outcome-oriented world of the American parent, there's something to be learned from an approach that considers the quality of the years you spend...

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Are Body and Sex Education Books for Parents, or Kids?

Books written for teenagers and preteens about puberty sell — but are they actually read?

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When Parents Kill Parents in the Name of Literature

We weren’t very far into "Little House on the Prairie" when it hit me: Ma was kind of a bummer.

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Q. and A. With Thea Goodman, Author of ‘The Sunshine When She’s Gone’

The author Thea Goodman inhabits the strange, slightly demented world of the too self-conscious new parent.

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Minimalist Parenting, ‘Manimalist’ Style

For this stay-at home dad, advice on minimalist parenting is preaching to the choir.

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Leaving the Picture Books on the Shelves

Sorting the children's books for a move, and rediscovering old favorites.

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