It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

This year marks the UK's National Year of Reading, which aims to rebuild good reading habits and enjoyment as child and ...

In honor of World Book Day April 23, Aflac explores the benefits of reading aloud to children.

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...

There are many literacy textbooks available but no clear way to determine which ones are the best – and most likely to turn ...

Kids today are reading less than ever, and it’s hurting their skills and futures. Research shows that daily, uninterrupted reading boosts literacy, confidence, and long-term success. From school ...

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A picture says a thousand words—but when it comes to kids’ picture books, it’s clear that not everyone hears the same words. Picture books represented a troubling percentage of challenges in the ...

A short, family-friendly bedtime reading routine helped young children grow in cognitive empathy and creativity, and simple pauses to reflect gave imagination an extra lift. Study: Keep the bedtime ...

Once a year, out of town friends visit for several days. I have to be sure to have a stack of books on hand for Allie, their now 17-year-old daughter. She plows through them—one after another. The ...

The Children’s Book Fair, which concluded Sunday at the National Library in Damascus, highlighted the importance of reading ...