The best young readers’ books of 2014 take bookworms to places near and far, opening their eyes to both the universal nature of their own experience and the uniqueness of people throughout the world. They include the hilarious adventures of Greg Heffley and his family on a road trip gone wrong in Jeff Kinney’s The Long Haul, the heartfelt and humorous story of sibling relationships in Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters, and the personal portrait of a young woman who dared to make a difference in I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai.

What’s better than vacation? Reading while on vacation. But if you’re traveling with a carload of kids, you might not get much time to sink into an adult novel of your own, what with all the Cheetos flying from the back, little feet incessantly kicking your seat, and sibling squabbles that unfold in spite of […]

One of my favorite series growing up was Ann M. Martin’s Babysitters Club books, about a group of plucky young girls who managed to go to school, have a social life, and deal with teenage issues while simultaneously running their own small business taking care of the neighborhood kids. I gobbled up the novels when I was […]

Here you’ll find a mix of both enduring and modern classics for the young reader in your life. You can’t go wrong with any of these beloved titles.