Our list of the best gifts for kids includes everything from learning gadgets and creativity-inspiring tools to the hottest toys of the year. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

It is so special when you bring a newborn baby into the world. Of course, it's a moment that's worthy of being celebrated every year. It is a day to express to your child how special they are to you.

Joshua Pederson is professor of humanities at Boston University and the author of “Sin Sick: Moral Injury in War and Literature.” For her seventh birthday last year, my daughter got not one but two ...