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The Dark Is Rising Sequence

The Magician's Boy

The Shortest Day

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Happy Winter Solstice! At Last, We've Made It To 'The Shortest Day'

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Happy Winter Solstice! At Last, We've Made It To 'The Shortest Day'

December 21, 2019 • Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Susan Cooper, who wrote the solstice poem "The Shortest Day," collaborated with illustrator Carson Ellis on a new picture book.

Happy Winter Solstice! At Last, We've Made It To 'The Shortest Day'

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100 Best Books

The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14

August 5, 2013 • We've curated this list of 100 favorite books for kids, based on recommendations from more than 2,000 of our readers.

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Summer Books 2012

Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

August 7, 2012 • More than 75,000 of you voted for your favorite young-adult fiction. Now, after all the nominating, sorting and counting, the final results are in. Here are the 100 best teen novels, chosen by the NPR audience.

Summer Reading: Kids

Excerpt: 'The Magician's Boy'

June 14, 2005 • In this summer book pick for kids, a boy grows tired of his apprenticeship to a magician which seems to consist mainly of polishing wands and washing rabbits.