Anna May Sullivan loves the first day of May. After all, it is her birthday, which explains why her middle name is “May," ...

As a child, Lisa Owens aligned herself with the little ones depicted in these books; now it was the harried adults who ...

Do you meditate? Play Wordle? Wear soft pajamas and sip chamomile tea? We’d like to hear about the little routines that help ...

The neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf suggests many students no longer have the “cognitive patience” to read long books due to the ...

Why levels fall short: Reading level tests can be inconsistent and miss key aspects like comprehension, fluency, and motivation. What else to track: Combining oral reading fluency, phonological ...

Our obsession with self-improvement is turning kids off books. Picture the scene: you walk into a bookshop with your friend, excited for a good long browse of the shelves. You make a beeline to a ...

On school days, my mother would leave our apartment before seven to spend the day talking about literature with other ...

The weekend brings the Rockton Pelican Fest and the first Rockford City Market of the season, along with fundraisers, live ...

Dear Care and Feeding, My wife and I fight a lot. We try to keep perspective. For instance, it’s hard to imagine that any ...

Bringing your class outside during the warmer days can feel like a mini field trip that allows students to think about their ...

The Stratford Literary Festival is a call to arms against brain rot in the digital age, finds Gill Sutherland. There was all kinds of resistance going on at the Stratford Literary Festival last ...

For re-enactors and interpreters, bringing historic figures to life is more than dressing in period costumes. It requires ...