Hi Reader, Around here, we believe that one of the very best ways to travel with your children is through books. Physically traveling as a family isn’t always possible for a variety of reasons, but by reading with our kids, we give them the gift of windows into unfamiliar worlds. Stories develop empathy and invite us to engage with another’s experiences in ways that can go even deeper than visiting a place in real life. Today, RAR’s Creative Director (and my eldest daughter) Audrey, is with...

Hey Reader, I wonder if you ever get to mid-summer, look around, and think… Wait. What is even happening here? For me, this looks like the kids being on screens too much. 🫣 There’s also just more bickering and less reading than I want to be happening. We’re all glad for the reprieve from schoolwork, but long summer days have a way of devolving into a kind of...contained chaos. When it comes to giving you just enough structure to keep things from going off the rails, and just enough fun to...

Do you have a TBR, Reader? By TBR, I mean "to be read"— a list (or pile) (or teetering stack) (or imaginary shelf overly crammed with more books than you could ever remember) of books you want to read. There's that expression I'm sure you've heard: So many books, so little time. I simultaneously don't like that quote and also FEEL IT in my bones. I don't like it because the idea of "so many books, so little time" doesn't make me feel more delighted by my reading life. It makes me feel like...