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| | | | City Soundscapes & Imagine-You're-on-the-Beach Reads
By LJ and SLJ Staff
Those working from home in need of the productivity-inducing ambient background noise typically found in coffee shops and libraries will want to check out the digital albums produced by the New York Public Library and other institutions. Meanwhile, those of us with furry new office assistants will appreciate this list of cat-related titles. Parents, caregivers, and educators continue to seek resources and distractions for kids and teens. A recent slate of kid-friendly podcasts may help, too. For adults seeking escape into a great book or film, there are a bevy of new beach reads, mysteries, and revealing biographies out this week, plus our picks for the best new magazines. Our own staffers also offer up what we're reading and watching to battle cabin fever this week. |
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| Ambient Pleasures and More: 9 Sound Libraries To Whisk You Away
By Meredith Schwartz
If it’s just too quiet for you nowadays, libraries have your hookup. Part of the reason many remote workers used to prefer a coffee shop—or the library!—to working from home was the right kind and amount of sound—enough to be companionable but not distractingly too much. |
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| | Cats: The True Stars of #StayingHome
By Mahnaz Dar
Whether you’re curious about what makes your cat tick or interested in adopting a cat of your own, our list of books, comics, and DVDs has you covered—all available digitally. |
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| | | 12 Essential Nonfiction Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens
By Paula Willey
Graphic novels often have the advantage of brevity. Students will brag, “I read this book in an hour!” Books that are this accessible, and contain art as visual markers, also make discussion more fruitful. Kids are more likely to find the passage they’re talking about and more likely to reread important sections, or even the whole book. |
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| | The Best New Magazines
By Peter Koonz
Though it's been a tough decade for print publishing, particularly consumer magazines, creative approaches are reaching niche readerships. Here are the 10 best new magazines launched last year. |
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| Helping Students Through Pandemic Grief and Trauma
By Kara Yorio
Kids often share in pieces and need time before they are ready to discuss a trauma, says Kristen Jezior, a clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. Don’t ask students to talk about what they are going through, “but still make space for them to share” when ready, she says. |
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| Nine Podcasts About COVID-19 for Children Ages Five to 12
By Anne Bensfield & Pamela Rogers
In these COVID-19–related episodes, kids lead many of the conversations by asking questions. That includes, for example, questions about new words and phrases we’re all learning, like social distancing and flattening the curve, and queries about where the virus came from and how we can all help our communities stay safe. |
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| Cabin Fever Dreams | What Our Editors and Staffers Are Reading & Watching
By Liz French
We’re dreaming of freedom to travel, dine out again, see live performances, read physical books, go to museum exhibitions, discuss favorite TV shows face-to-face, visit far-flung relatives, and witness the “new normal” someday. In the meantime, we experience these “before-times” in books, movies, TV series, web novels, and even a podcast. |
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