With an ever-changing array of funky earrings and crazy giant glasses, local actor Pam McGinnis engages youngsters, entertaining and educating as she reads popular children’s books aloud. She talks ...

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.

New year, new literary adventures. Authors Isaac Fitzgerald and Adriana Trigiani stopped by TODAY on the last day of 2025 to talk through the books they're looking forward to in the coming year. Their ...

Anthony Jeselnik is not like other comedians: He’s created a dark onstage persona that gives him license to tell jokes about uncomfortable subjects with punchlines you never see coming. The comic, who ...

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

Employees are staying put due to economic uncertainty and declining job prospects. There’s a need for value-driven leadership and managers need tools to stay anchored. As organizations grow beyond ...

Heard the good word about Heated Rivalry, the incredibly spicy new Canadian series streaming on Crave and HBO Max? The already popular series is based on a popular hockey smut series from author ...

Courtney McCauley opened a new independent bookstore, Twice Read Books & More, in Richmond. The business began as a popular traveling book trailer before expanding into a permanent storefront. In ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. What’s going on? This debate over ...

Six months of author read-alouds, free literacy activities, book giveaways, and a nationwide challenge to read 100 books. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the ...

What do bed and breakfast owners, vampire-hunting bartenders, senior citizen sleuths and nepo babies have in common? Probably not much, but they’re featured in some of the new books we think you ...