It probably won’t come as news to you that reading to children carries with it a lot of benefits, such as promoting language comprehension and literacy. According to 2016 statistics from Scholastic, ...

Educators are often asked “how do you know that your teaching is working?” One of my favorite stories involves a teacher who heard a little scratch on the door of her classroom and went and opened the ...

Re “Our Bookshelves, Ourselves,” by Margaret Renkl (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 29): On Oct. 6 last year, my three children and I lost our home and our dog, Lulu, in a fire. Of all the objects that were ...

We read books for all kinds of reasons: to learn something new, to get inspired, to pass the time, to soothe our worries, to scare the heck out of ourselves for fun, to ponder mysteries that can be ...

What kind of society favors guns and bans books? President Lyndon B. Johnson said, “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.” Think about it. Who are we? Janet ...

The Nassau County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America held its inaugural Black History Month Authors’ Symposium Saturday afternoon, connecting young readers with authors and their stories. The ...

Evanston Public Library volunteer Mary Jo Deysach (Weinberg ’68) is a volunteer veteran. From writing for nonprofit organizations to providing companionship to hospice patients, Deysach has ...

I am a book collector. As I’ve aged, I’ve come to understand the importance of books exceeds the reading of a particular title or author. Books are networks of thought, connection, scholarship, ...

The educational provider spoke as part of preparations to mark this year’s Word Book Day. It said the World Book Day on Sunday presents opportunity to shine light on ways books enrich lives. Ezinne ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – A conservative group from Williamson County is hosting an event Saturday at the Round Rock Public Library sponsored by Brave Books, a traditional and Christian values ...

As we increasingly succumb to the temptations of touchscreens and AI, do we risk creating a generation with its head in the cloud? Thankfully there’s a solution: the printed page. There is little that ...