Spring is a glorious time to watch the flocks and the stragglers, flying, feasting, nesting and carrying on the cycle of life ...

As the autumn leaves fall and fun time moves in-doors, children across the country are being encouraged to put down their screens and pick up a book, especially during the second full week of November ...

Today, we celebrate National Young Readers Day. A celebration dedicated to nurturing a love for reading among the youth, fostering a passion for literature, and promoting literacy in communities ...

In 1957, Carlotta Walls LaNier felt one emotion during the days leading up to her first day at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas: excitement. It was a brief three years after the historic ...

These books aren’t all directly about gratitude. But they all offer a chance to chat or think about appreciating another person’s effort, gifts or generosity. These books can also help build empathy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s always a good day when we can applaud award-winning St. Paul author Kao Kalia Yang’s two new children’s picture books, as ...

Nancy Conescu, most recently publisher at Australia’s Berbay Books, will join FSG Books for Young Readers as editorial director. She’s expected to start her role at FSG in the coming months after ...

Birds and their songs, dogs and other animals inhabit this week’s lively picture books for the little ones. (Courtesy of the publisher) “Go and Get with Rex”: by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike ...

Five years after the start of the pandemic, young Indiana students have made great leaps in their reading skills, but the state’s middle school students are floundering and sinking. State tests taken ...

The Fire-Eaters, by David Almond (Delacorte, $15.95; ages 8-up). Britain's Almond has been admired for his lyrical prose style and empathetic portraits of emotionally isolated children (Skellig, Kit's ...

Ann Harrison at the Little Free Library on Grove Street in Peterborough. A Little Free Library at the Adams Playground in Peterborough. A Little Free Library on Grove Street in Peterborough. In recent ...