From a longlist of nine, five novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. Our academics review the ...

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Regina Mincey and son Antonio McMillan Jr. discuss their children's book series celebrating Black representation, literacy, and the strength of mother-son bonds ...

Ages 4–8. Writing in limpid prose and illustrating in sunny, softly stroked multimedia spreads, previous collaborators ...

This Mother’s Day, Bindi Irwin revealed such a sweet moment in becoming a new mom: one that made her realize when she wanted ...

Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters.

Even though the total number of Pacific Islanders in King County is less than 1% of the overall population, it is a tight ...

Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical ''Hamilton'' and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant.

The results of last year's study showed that only 16% of schoolchildren resort to such daily reading. Moreover, a fairly large percentage of readers indicated that adults force them to read either ...

Sean Ono Lennon and his fellow creators of the Oscar-winning animated short film “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John ...

National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman's next work for young readers spotlights his prolific short-story writing; due on ...