From the tale of a boy who learns a lesson about the Christmas spirit from Santa, to a series of poems for Hanukkah, these ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

Her name was Jane and she was six. And she wrote what was the first believed letter to Santa back in 1883. It was published ...

Most of Updike’s letters in 1952, when the author was 20, are either telling his parents about Mary Pennington, his new ...

Anne Elvey’s (C)loud confronts clerical child abuse by exposing how it corrodes religious language itself, asking whether ...

Learning to read, unlike speaking, walking, or understanding the world around us, is not something humans do naturally.

This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer ...

In observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, Manitowoc Public Library will close Dec. 24 and 25, and will reopen ...

You wrote to me about Joni Mitchell. Back in the 1940s, Roberta (as she was known then) wrote to me from her hometown in Fort ...

For the kid who loves fun facts and learning about the world, the LeapFrog globe will be a smash hit. They can tap the stylus ...

For children and teens in the United States, gun violence is the leading cause of death. More than 46,000 Americans die from gun violence every year — an average of more than 125 per day. Americans ...