To suggest that reading books is the “only kind of reading that counts” does a “disservice” to the “many dyslexic or visually ...

A reading-to-dogs program and an award-winning fire safety series show how communities are expanding storytime beyond the ...

What does it feel like to truly own something? Children's book author and illustrator Jon Klassen is trying to give young children that feeling with a trilogy of board books. The first is Your Truck.

"Baby 411," from Austin pediatrician, continues to find new generation of parents and now grandparents to adjust to changing ...

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961 ...

The Department of Health and Human Services launched an inquiry into Seattle Children’s Hospital after its gender clinic allegedly failed to meet new health standards. Seattle Children’s Hospital ...

On the joys of having stories in my ears — and yes, listening counts. Credit...By Georgie Mcausland Supported by By Elisabeth Egan It started with “Red Comet,” an 1,118-page biography of Sylvia Plath, ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported on the growing concerns surrounding Character AI, an app and website that allows users to interact with AI-generated chatbots, some of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I don’t start all my days with books as rich as Abuela, though. Sometimes, my ...

Child development experts say that children develop their own sense of gender identity early on. But some kids and adults may find the topic of gender identity challenging or confusing, especially ...