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High-Quality Preschool: Why We Need It and What It Looks Like

Research shows that 3- and 4-year-olds who attend a high-quality preschool are more successful in kindergarten and beyond. But research also shows that most preschool programs are not high-quality. This policy brief looks at what “high-quality” means, and how early childhood education can be improved.
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Historical Layers of English

English is a layer-cake language. Not only is it organized to represent sounds, syllables, and morphemes, but its spellings are derived from several languages that were amalgamated over hundreds of years due to political and social changes in Great Britain.

Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia

Hit the Road, Rails, and Trails

Explore ways of getting around through fiction and nonfiction books! We’ve selected a “wheelie” great collection of books to steer young readers toward a wide range of genres — informational nonfiction, biography, history, poetry, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery — as well as different formats (audio books, graphic novels, and chapter books).

This booklist supports the Reading Without Walls Challenge, a nationwide initiative launched by Gene Yang, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

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Holiday Buying Guide 2004

Reading Rockets’ first annual holiday buying guide makes it easy to find good books kids will enjoy. Discover fiction and nonfiction books for kids ages 0-9 years old, selected by our children’s literature expert and blogger Maria Salvadore.

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Holiday Buying Guide 2005

Reading Rockets’ second annual holiday buying guide makes it easy to find good books kids will enjoy. Discover fiction and nonfiction books for kids ages 0-9 years old, selected by our children’s literature expert and blogger Maria Salvadore.

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Holiday Buying Guide 2006

Reading Rockets’ third annual buying guide makes it easy to find good books kids will enjoy. Discover fiction and nonfiction books for kids ages 0-9 years old, selected by our children’s literature expert and blogger Maria Salvadore.

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