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Summertime is a battle of parents vs. screens. Here are five tips for getting your kids to read this summer, including ...
Classic books such as those by Dr. Seuss remain time-tested pathways to cultivate a child’s love of reading. Getty Images. But despite this, children aren’t reading as much, which brings us to ...
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what makes a great children’s book, the ...
Longer books, for example, are considered less “fun”; in addition, some librarians, teachers, and parents are noticing a decline in kids’ reading stamina after the disruption of the pandemic.
The number of books children read increased by almost a quarter last year as social media trends such as TikTok help shape reading habits, according to the latest research.. The 2023 What Kids Are ...
Librarians, educators, and authors share age-appropriate resources for introducing kids to banned books and celebrating ...
Reading helps children understand their worlds and shape their worldviews. Lemono/Shutterstock. My research highlights that reading is a complex activity, with many aspects to consider ...
An Alabama library board leader believes children should not be able to read library books about transgender people. At a meeting Thursday, Amy Minton introduced a consideration to restrict ...
One dad explains how he's read more than 500 children's books with his son and daughter over the years - and these are the 10 that they've enjoyed the most. Comments. Lifestyle.
Warning: This article discusses topics of violence and war. There are plenty of excellent kids’ books from the 2000s that are worth curling up and reading, even years later. The noughties is a ...
It’s been a good 20 years since I began writing about children’s books for The Wall Street Journal. To mark the milestone, my editors requested—perversely, if you ask me—that I select the ...
The kids who can are speaking up for books and libraries. It is up to us to help them, as well as the ones who can’t. Book bans are antithetical to free speech and free thought.