When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Photo by alex geerts on Unsplash Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, there are lots of fun spooktacular stories and boo-riffic books that you can read together this spooky season. We love to read ...

A local childrens' book author explains how he encourages kids and parents to read. Shawn Pryor, a Lexington-based author who has written dozens of children's books, will be appearing at the Kentucky ...

Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged ...

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It is tricky enough to find books for children you know well. If you haven’t seen the child in ages, or you have lost track of his or her interests (or never knew them in the first place), it may be ...

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