Create a game, get people of all ages involved, and make a habit of reading. Here’s what literacy experts say works best.

A month before COVID struck, I took a course in writing poetry. I chose poetry for the same reason I might have chosen opera singing or screenprinting: It was a subject I knew nothing about and in ...

The spirit of Christmas is the air in Dorchester as the town crier read aloud poems written by children as winners of a ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.

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It has been a wonderful first year of Maria’s Literary Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Maria’s Bookshop. Our team began this ...

New Year’s Eve is traditionally the ultimate “grown-up” holiday, but as a dad who has navigated this night for years, I know ...

One of the last things that child tells Ruth is that “Imagination only fails us in the end, when the stories we tell ...

The name Kwanzaa derives from “mutanda ya kwanza” a Swahili phrase meaning “first fruits” or “first harvest.” The final “a” ...

Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year’s best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life. Are you hoping to inspire a young reader in your life with ...

At the Denver Public Library, author Ingrid Law read her new picture book “You Are Not Alone” to an energetic group of kids, weaving in messages of comfort and connection. She later shared how caring ...