<p>Children's books should not only offer "windows and mirrors" into other cultures, races, and religions, but into a range of feelings and emotions. Craig Fehrman, author of a recent essay in The New York Times titled "Reading Sad Books Is Good for Your Kids", joins us to talk about the importance of creating, sharing, and discussing children's books that mix the "tragedy and joy that define great art and also real life.</p>

Children's books should not only offer "windows and mirrors" into other cultures, races, and religions, but into a range of feelings and emotions. Craig Fehrman, author of a recent essay in The New York Times titled "Reading Sad Books Is Good for Your Kids", joins us to talk about the importance of creating, sharing, and discussing children's books that mix the "tragedy and joy that define great art and also real life.

Reading Sad Books Is Good for Your Kids

From the national organization Reach Out and Read comes a brand new podcast centered around the belief that children's books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthy children and societies. Join us as host Dr Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician with a children's librarianship degree, dives into a wealth of varied early childhood health and literacy topics with expert guests examining the many facets of supporting the parent-child relationship as key to early success.

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