I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.

Check for your birth month. Disregard your birth date.

I specifically remember the moment that it “clicked” for me and I learned to read. I don’t know my age, exactly, but I remember I was sitting at my grandparents’ breakfast table, looking at the back ...

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Owings Mills, Md. - Jackie Chaney conducts her 2nd grade class with the finesse of a ...

Mairin Weinandt loves to read, be it on her porch or in her hammock, or even just in her bedroom. A 14-year-old who will start at Mankato East High School this fall, Weinandt said she became an active ...

As a children’s librarian, I couldn’t wait to read to my first child when she was born. I wanted to instill in her a lifelong love of reading, and I knew how important it was to start early to create ...

Literacy is one of the most important skills for children to learn, but many are falling behind. A 2023 study found that approximately 40% of children in the U.S. are unable to read at their grade ...

Film and music stars peddle booze, beauty, and everything in between. But the hottest status symbol touted (and toted) by the modern-day it girl? A book. It all started with Oprah Winfrey, the OG of ...

The opening paragraph of the new novel "How To Love Your Daughter" is enough to break your heart. Here is the author, Hila Blum, reading those four sentences. HILA BLUM: (Reading) The first time I saw ...