Reading can be a way for children to safely try out experiencing something new, or possibly stressful, like starting school. Jorm Sangsorn/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Staying hopeful and true to oneself is a lesson these 5 kids books offer to kindergartners and other children

A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students for this next phase of life.
Walden Pond was Thoreau’s sometimes chilly muse. Lane Turner for The Boston Globe/via Getty Images

5 wintry books to read during long nights

A literature professor suggests some classic reads to curl up with when it is cold.

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