As our communities wrestle with loneliness, pleasure reading and the libraries that sustain it offers an affordable path to ...

Comfort reading can be a surprisingly powerful way to reset when you’re feeling blue. Cozying up with familiar stories and ...

A couple of technological innovations can make it easier for parents to help children who have fallen behind in reading. A couple of recent initiatives can help families boost kids’ reading ability ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is ...

I became a disciple of E.D. Hirsch, Jr. early in my teaching career for one simple reason. His theories about reading comprehension—and his alone—described precisely what I witnessed every day in my ...

This simple three-card trick creates a powerful mind-reading illusion. Using just a Jack, Queen, and King, the spectator ...

Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments. It’s true! Even during story time, their minds are at work, taking in all the language they hear and ...

If you’re feeling pumped to start the year off on the right path, here are some simple tips and ideas to kickstart your 2026.

What is the best way to teach children to read? This apparently simple question has, in fact, has been the subject of robust and often polarised debate. Recently the New York Times ran an opinion ...

Looking for a fun (and free!) way to keep your kids reading this summer? Whether you’ve got a bookworm or a reluctant reader, summer reading programs are a great way to motivate kids to keep turning ...