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 Moving the Body & Mind By the LJ and SLJ editors Kids and teens looking to keep their minds active through the long summer months will find plenty of recommendations in SLJ's "Best Reads" Summer Series, which offers new lists by age and interest each week. Check out our suggestions for inspiring picture book biographies, titles for beginning readers, and realistic novels for middle graders and young adults. For grown-ups, check out "What We're Reading," a glimpse at the TV shows, films, books, and podcasts our staffers are enjoying this week. For many folks social distancing and quarantining at home, it's been a long time since hitting the gym. Families looking for healthy outlets will find motivation in our roundup of some of the best free online fitness and movement videos that kids and grown-ups can do together. After exercising the body, consider establishing a mindfulness or meditation practice—a positive activity that can help reduce anxiety and stress. |
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 Announcing SLJ's Summer Reading Series: Best Reads All Summer Long By SLJ Reviews Through the end of June and beyond, we're publishing lists of our top picks for summer reading, from stories to share with the whole family to recommended titles for emerging readers to captivating fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels for tweens and teens. |
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 What We're Reading & Watching This Week By Liz French Through books on antiracism, Civil War history, and fantastical worlds, LJ and SLJ staffers look backward and forward to find answers to the "new normal." |
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 Researchers Launch 'COVID Explained' By Stephanie Klose Researchers and students at institutions including Brown, MIT, Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospital recently launched COVID Explained, a site that aims to provide unbiased, comprehensive information to help people make good decisions. |
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 Ideas for Reading, Playing, and Singing with Loved Ones via Video By Jessica Ralli and Rachel G. Payne Many grandparents and relatives love catching a glimpse of young family members on video chat. And while video chat is one of the few forms of screen time approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics for infants, it can also be chaotic and brief. These ideas use core early literacy practices to make the best of video encounters. |
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 Libraries Collect COVID-19 Stories in Quaranzines By Gina Murrell Zines, do-it-yourself publications traditionally produced in print for a limited audience, have for decades been a form of esoteric self-expression. Now, the "quaranzine" is emerging as an artistic, therapeutic way to cope with the pandemic. |
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