Are you shopping for the kid who seems to have everything this holiday season? Aiming to help the young people in your life expand their horizons or possibly give them the tools to cope with an ever complicated world? You already know the solution to that dilemma: books! In addition to balancing out the amount of toys and electronics the holidays are likely to bring, reading offers a bevy of benefits that will stick with the littles in your life even after they’ve outgrown the kids section of the bookstore. Of course, there are the academic benefits of increased focus, vocabulary and writing skills, and overall better scholastic performance. But books also help children activate their imagination, which research shows can help kids both “reframe” traumatic experiences and improve skills in other areas. Exposing young people to other worlds and the experiences of the fictional characters they read about also helps to create more empathetic global citizens and future leaders. Here’s a...
