October 8, 2026

That's My Kid (Installment 3): Where Your Kid Goes on a Free Afternoon (Reel)

Where does your kid go on a free afternoon?

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Cover of Adventures with Waffles

Adventures with Waffles

by Maria Parr

Lena has the ideas and Trille has the bruises: a rope line strung between their houses, a cow coaxed onto a boat, a sled ride down the iciest hill with a chicken. A warm, funny chapter book about best friends, a grandfather, a tiny Norwegian cove and a great many waffles. Ages 8 to 12.

Cover of The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Four orphaned siblings find an abandoned boxcar in the woods and turn it into a home, one solved problem at a time: a cracked pitcher, a dump find, a cold stream for a refrigerator. First published in 1924 and rewritten by the author in 1942. Ages 7 to 10.

Cover of Dory Fantasmagory

Dory Fantasmagory

by Abby Hanlon

Dory is six, the youngest, and the whole book happens inside her head: the monsters under the house, her fairy godmother Mr. Nuggy, her nemesis Mrs. Gobble Gracker. Illustrated on nearly every page and built for a newly independent reader. Ages 5 to 9.

Cover of Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

Alice Rumphius does the three things she set out to do: she goes to faraway places, she lives beside the sea, and she finds a way to make the world more beautiful. A quiet, gorgeous picture book about a long life and a coast full of lupines. Ages 4 to 8.

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