With everything children and teens have had to deal with since COVID emerged, anxiety and depression among youth are growing concerns.

They need a sense of freedom of imagination-and books are great for that.” “Students today are under a lot of stress. “Summer is the perfect opportunity to be unrestricted, to read for the sheer enjoyment of a story,” says Victoria Stapleton, executive director of school and library marketing for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Most important, it’s a time when kids can read just for fun. It reinforces the idea that learning doesn’t end when school is out of session. It supports children’s social-emotional development. Chris Kennett is a freelance animator and illustrator whose works include Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book, I Am a Droid, and I Am a Stormtrooper.Summer reading is critical for so many reasons: It helps prevent learning loss while students are off for the summer. Golden Books continues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.

Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Books' backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardt's Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of children's book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children's books of all time. About the Book Learn all about droids, from R2-D2 and C-3PO to lesser-known good and evil droids in Star Wars.īook Synopsis Meet R2-D2, C-3PO, and all the loyal droids from the epic Star Wars space saga! Featuring stunning retro illustrations, this book is perfect for Star Wars-and Little Golden Book-fans of all ages.Ībout The Author In 1942, the launch of Little Golden Books revolutionized children's book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices.

Star Wars by Christopher Nicholas