This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will ...

Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children. He came from nothing and worked tirelessly to ...

The finalists for the 2025 National Teacher of the Year award include three English/language arts teachers and a school librarian-cum-history teacher who infuses a literacy focus across the curriculum ...

John Lithgow is reportedly in talks to play Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" series ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland is ready to take young readers on another imaginary trip to the ballet.

Pittsburgh-area native John Harrison was in the midst of writing his first novel when he was approached by an English film company interested in turning his book into a Web series. But they had a ...

Just 25 years into the 21st century, the folks at The New York Times Book Review are recognizing some of their favorite titles.

NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later ...

The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities ...

Those who knew Tom Robbins well seem to have nothing but good things to say about this kind, romantic, talented man. I wish I had known him better. Those of us living along the shores of Puget Sound ...

Danica McKellar’s new children’s book, I Love You 100: A Counting Book Full of Love, promises to teach kids about both math ...

Winter months make the best reading months. And if you love to read, take a look at the titles that have captured the ...