The night before a safer-at-home order was issued in her Wisconsin town, all Pernille Ripp could think about was getting to her books. When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the ...

Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked five expert book club facilitators to share some of the ways they run their clubs and spread book love with young readers. Click here to see ...

I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...

Reading a picture book aloud from her armchair, 20 children gathered on the rug at her feet, kindergarten teacher Jamie Landahl is carrying on a practice that’s been a cornerstone of early-literacy ...

The secret is out — you love reading aloud, and you love being read to. I knew it! And I am delighted. Last month I wrote about books that I thought would be great to read out loud. But you came up ...

The Wake County Board of Education approved a revised policy Tuesday that would require educators to spend more time reviewing books that are selected for libraries and for classroom read-alouds. The ...

A literacy strategist writes about nurturing children’s love for books and literature in a world where political, social, and economic systems are in flux Every parent aspires to raise a child who ...

At GeekDad we are committed to helping you raise geek generation 2.0, and we believe few things that you do are more important than reading to your kids early and often. The social science is in, ...

An Idaho high school student reads “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie in this 2016 photo. An updated Wake County school policy would require teachers to discuss with ...