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From the November/December 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

How effective is it? What SPF is best? Is it safe to wear every day? Credit...By Maggie Shannon While most experts agree that you should use sunscreen year-round to prevent damage from the sun, harmful ultraviolet rays are strongest during late spring and early summer. We’ve partnered with health reporters from Wirecutter, The New York Times site that reviews and recommends products (and publishes annual ratings of sunscreens for the face and body), to answer some of the most common questions...

E. coli) spread easily in untreated water. (According to the CDC, germ-killing pool disinfectants like chlorine and bromine are unsafe for kiddie pool use because it can be hard to gauge how much disinfectant should be added as water sloshes from the pool throughout the day.) Dumping the water from your pool each day can also help mitigate any potentially disastrous accidents. The CDC mentions that some state or local laws in your area may require fences or barriers around inflatable and plasti...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Are You Shamelessly Self Promoting? Sure, the more people I reach, the farther the ripples spread and the greater the impact.   Still reeling and reverberating from the love that my article Why I’m Proud To Be A Total B*tch has been getting and then the complete surprise of the HuffPo...

Updated: 5:53 AM PST, February 28, 2021 Author Nancy Redd said she wrote her first childrens book "Bedtime Bonnet" for her daughter, who didnt want to wear a bonnet because she never saw her favorite characters from the books she loved to read wearing one. There was a time that 6-year-old Nancy Bhattacharya hated wearing her bonnet. She never saw her favorite characters from the books she loved to read wearing one, so despite having textured hair that would be damaged by a normal pillow case, ...

By Darcie Caswell This February, the Central Rappahannock Regional Library celebrates African American history with online programs for all ages that can be found at librarypoint.org/african-american-history. There, you can find a video series focusing on Black inventors and a variety of booklists with recommended titles for all ages. The books below are selections from one of those lists, Our Stories: The African American Experience for Children, which includes titles for readers u...

The 2020 Caldecott Medal, for outstanding illustration This year’s Caldecott Medal goes to  The Undefeated (Amazon) illustrated by the incredible Kadir Nelson, and written by Kwame Alexander. It’s on nearly every best children’s books of 2020 list, and has won numerous awards for its depiction of the strength of the Black contribution to American society. Start here for a must-have book for your collection at home, no matter how old your kids.   The 2020 Newbery Medal, for outstanding ...

It has some supporters in hollywood but plenty of skeptics out there as well, but is it safe? thats the big question. with more on that, heres abcs abbie boudreau. >> reporter: fighting fatigue after her baby was born, bombshell "mad men" actress january jones tried an old trick to help boost her energy. she took pills made from her placenta. and she credits this growing trend for her speedy recovery, even telling "people" magazine, "i suggest it to all moms." some herbalists believe the placent...

When they were questioning, which i cant imagine just being in that room questioning the little boy, he was making the motion -- >> the gesture. >> -- that his mom was strangled. >> if you are capable of killing an innocent woman, i think you are capable of just about anything. its just hard to get your head around something like that, especially in front of a child. another bizarre and sad case. the los angeles teacher accused of bizarre sex acts with a student will stay in jail, at least for...

Escape. his wife kim helped frantically pack three kids and the family dog. >> couldnt see like our hands in front of our faces except for the sparks flying. >> reporter: 13-year-old caleb was recording this video when they ran into trouble. >> wheres mom? what are you stopping for? daddy. >> well make it. were going to be fine. there it is, right here, right here. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: by following a neighbor who knew the way, they made it out alive. >> okay. were out, were out, were out...