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The Best Toys of 2019

November 22, 2019

The best toys of 2019 can hatch, tumble, light up, battle, and more. Some of the toys, such as Kano’s coding kits or Lego’s Hidden Side play sets, let users create or discover new worlds. Others, like Pictionary Air or…

Books

A Fresh Perspective

November 6, 2019

Have you ever wondered what Earth looks like from space? Thanks to satellite technology—and a new book—you can see the world from high above. Overview: A New Way of Seeing Earth is filled with aerial photographs taken from satellites. It…

Books

Time Trouble

November 6, 2019

In The Seventh Voyage, Ijon Tichy is exploring our galaxy when a meteor damages his spaceship, sending it into a time loop. Ijon’s past and future selves begin to appear. At first, it’s just tomorrow’s Ijon. But the selves continue…

Movies and Television

Frozen Returns

October 30, 2019

Disney’s Academy Award–winning movie Frozen was one of the most successful animated films of all time. Six years after its release, fans will get to see the Frozen crew again, in Frozen II. The highly anticipated sequel hits theaters November…

Movies and Television

Big Family, Big City

October 30, 2019

The Casagrandes is a new show on Nickelodeon. It’s a spin-off of the series The Loud House, which follows the Loud family. In The Casagrandes, Loud family friends Bobby and Ronnie Anne move away and have new adventures in a…

Young Game Changers

Young Heroes

October 30, 2019

Marvel turns from comic-book heroes to real ones in Marvel’s Hero Project. The new series on Disney+ will tell the story of 20 kids who are working to improve their communities. At the end of each episode, Marvel illustrators create…

Movies and Television

Unstoppable!

October 23, 2019

What do producing a hit pop song, operating a Mars rover, and making instant ice cream have in common? They all take science, technology, engineering, math—and women. The new CBS TV show Mission Unstoppable asks game-changing women in STEM careers…

Books

Fantastic Fowls

October 22, 2019

The Fowl family is back. The Fowl Twins is a spin-off of the Artemis Fowl series, but you don’t need to know Artemis to enjoy the new book. This time, we’re getting to know the youngest members of the…

Movies and Television

Not-So-Wicked Witch

October 16, 2019

In 2014, Disney’s Maleficent showed there was more to the infamous Sleeping Beauty villain than evil spells. Over the course of that movie, Princess Aurora grew compassionate toward her godmother, Maleficent, as she learned more about her. Eventually, the two…

Books

More Than Okay

October 16, 2019

The Okay Witch is a graphic novel about 13-year-old Moth Hush. Moth loves anything to do with witchcraft. She often feels out of place in her hometown, Founder’s Bluff. On Halloween, Moth finds out she’s half witch. But she soon…