Trivia aficionados will enjoy the copious fun facts found in the pages of Who HQ: The Fifty States, a new middle grade series ...

Edward Stratemeyer had a plan to get American children reading. An ambitious paper merchant in Newark, New Jersey, he’d ...

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.

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

Sarah Olive is a member of the British Shakespeare Association's Education Committee (a registered charity) and founding editor of the free, online magazine Teaching Shakespeare. As pupils head back ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

I saw children struggling with overwhelming emotions they couldn't understand or express. I realized we needed better tools to help kids build emotional resilience before crisis hits, not just after.” ...

"We are all more similar than we are different," the author says. Immigration can be a hot-button topic, something frequently discussed on cable news and splashed across the headlines. But to one ...

A Houston-area school district has unleashed another wave of banned books—including a children's book on a girl who eats too many cupcakes and turns pink. Lamar Consolidated ISD has removed nearly 300 ...

Those innocent bedtime stories you lovingly read aloud night after night contained sophisticated adult themes that sailed right over young heads but spoke directly to your parental experiences and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ann M. Martin’s bestselling book series The Baby-sitters Club is being developed into a stage musical with a book by Kate Wetherhead (The Devil Wears Prada), music and lyrics by Mark ...