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Paul Swydan, bookseller at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton, shares his top children's and adult titles for holiday reading.

"How does he do it?" Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen squeeze, squash and generally put Santa through the wringer while trying to answer an age-old Christmas mystery.

"How does he do it?" Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen squeeze, squash and generally put Santa through the wringer while trying to answer an age-old Christmas mystery.

If you’ve driven along Main Street lately, you’ll notice that there are big machines digging holes at the site of the new multi-use and library facility.

We spoke with teachers and librarians to find the best childrens books, from board books to graphic novels for middle schoolers. Here are our top picks for 2023.

StoryWalk, Washington County Public Librarys free, book-inspired literacy-boosting project for Abingdon and Damascus, dismantles illustrated children’s books and displays them, page by page, along an outdoor walking route.

If every fairy tale must have a moral, then the one in the much-loved, oft-retold Three Billy Goats Gruff would be something about the perils of deferred gratification (and, possibly, the virtuousness of vegetarianism). Get greedy and you might end

A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.

A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.

A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.