According to figures released today by Statista, the average adult in Finland drinks more than 3 ½ cups of coffee a day. That more than triples the amount of coffee consumed by the average adult in the U.S. As with so many things, our hope of catching up rests in the hands of our children. Get them started with a copy of What Every Child Needs To Know About Coffee.

You will find more statistics at Statista

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Is there a new Elvis Presley record? Not exactly. However, RCA/Legacy Recordings is releasing new material from Elvis Presley’s last recording session, which took place in the Graceland’s den. Aptly named Way Down In The Jungle Room, the album includes master recordings, remixed outtakes, and in-studio conversations. All-in-all, Way Down In The Jungle Room seems like the second best way to introduce children to Elvis and a fun way to explore how records are made.

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If the Korean Pizza Bomb existed before we wrote What Every Child Needs To Know About Pizza, we did not know about it or we would have included it for certain.

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We did not mention Duane Eddy in What Every Child Needs To Know About Elvis Presley for two reasons. The first is that the great Scotty Moore is the guitarist on our favorite Elvis hits, not Duane Eddy. The second is that Duane Eddy did not really back Elvis until just this year. That is right. A new Elvis Presley album is due out later this month, and two of the tracks feature Duane Eddy on guitar. Hearing that prompted us to revisit some of Duane Eddy’s original songs. They are as great as we remembered. Could a What Every Child Needs To Know About Duane Eddy be on the horizon?

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Well, we have always believed that What Every Child Needs To Know About Pizza is worthy of affection, that affection honestly is coming from Canada, and, if you don’t know her, you should.

Canadian Marilyn Panton’s blog is gaining quite a following all over North America. We are thrilled with her review of What Every Child Needs To Know About Pizza, in which she describes the book as “classy” and “savvy.” You can read the full review here.

As our waistbands evidence, a lot of research went into What Every Child Needs To Know About Pizza. It is satisfying to see a smart, hip reviewer like Marilyn get it. Thank you, Marilyn.

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Writing our Punk Rock book was difficult. Not that writing any of our titles has been easy, but we felt special pressure to get that one right. Could we capture the spirit of punk rock in just 11 board book spreads? Would grown up fans of punk rock approve and use the book to introduce this music and way of life to the pre- and early-readers in their lives?

It is up to you, not us, to answer those questions. But we are happy to report that Brad recently spent some time with Ryan Cooper, About.com’s punk rock expert, who related his experiences reading What Every Child Needs To Know About Punk Rock with his daughter.  This sort of interaction is exactly what we hoped for when we wrote Punk Rock (and our other 5 books) and we appreciate the positive feedback!

You can read Ryan Cooper’s full About.com piece, which includes an extended interview with Brad, here.

What Every Child Needs To Know About Punk Rock is available at major online retailers and awesome, locally-owned booksellers (like McNally Jackson in NYC, Vroman’s in LA, and Left Bank Books in St. Louis).

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Robert, Marc, and I wanted to write books that we would read to our own daughters, so it is thrilling (and a little humbling) to be highlighted in a news story encouraging all parents to read to their children…from our quirky books.

CBS 5 – KPHO

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On the 60th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s first single, “That’s All Right,” Brad appeared on KTVK’s Good Morning Arizona to discuss our What Every Child Needs To Know About Elvis Presley board book.

We hope the book will help to create the next generation of Elvis fans. It is available at your local, independent bookseller, via major, online retailers, and at the Graceland gift shop in Memphis!

You can watch the segment here.

Let us know what you think!

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The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP)  published a policy statement earlier this week that lays out the developmental benefits of routinely reading aloud with young children, including infants.  AAP recommends that pediatricians counsel parents that reading aloud with young children “can enrich parent-child interactions and relationships, which enhances their children’s social- emotional development while building brain circuits to prepare children to learn language and early literacy skills.”

We at Need To Know Publishing could not agree more and applaud efforts by Too Small to Fail (Clinton Foundation/Next Generation), Scholastic, and Reach Out & Read to help translate this policy statement into reality.

We are especially happy to see the emphasis on reading with, and not just to, kids in AAP’s recommendations. We launched our series of What Every Child Needs To Know board books with the hope that they might spark exactly this sort of  interaction between adults and the pre- and early-readers in their lives. Our goal is to produce visually appealing books on important topics in a format that is easy for small hands to hold.

You can read the AAP policy statement here.

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Please watch it here.

Thanks, MomTrends. Trendy? We’re happy to take your word for it.

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