Best new kids books 2017
If your kids think summertime means no more reading, they have another thing coming.
Summer is the perfect time to inspire little ones to great literary heights, regardless of their enthusiasm for the written word. Click through our gallery for this summer's reading list of best new kids books 2017, from tiny tots to rambunctious readers.
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Maud to her friends – dreams of going to college and becoming a writer, but opportunities are scarce on Prince Edward Island.
Spoiler alert: Maud grows up to become one of the most prominent female Canadian authors of all time (except for maybe Margaret Atwood).
This interpretation of the life and times of the woman who wrote Anne of Green Gables showcases the real-life difficulties faced by aspiring female writers in 18th-century Canada while tapping into universal anxieties about growing up.
Melanie J. Fishbane's commitment to recreating Montgomery's tone is such that you'll have a hard time believing Maud wasn't lifted from earlier drafts of Anne.
Recommended age: 12
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