Developing a passion for reading is critical for a child’s academic success. Decades of research have confirmed a correlation between childhood poverty, limited access to books, lower reading ...

The Friends of the Library fall book sale attracted hundreds of customers on its opening day on Saturday. The five-day event ...

Educators are often asked “how do you know that your teaching is working?” One of my favorite stories involves a teacher who heard a little scratch on the door of her classroom and went and opened the ...

Evanston Public Library volunteer Mary Jo Deysach (Weinberg ’68) is a volunteer veteran. From writing for nonprofit organizations to providing companionship to hospice patients, Deysach has ...

Re “Our Bookshelves, Ourselves,” by Margaret Renkl (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 29): On Oct. 6 last year, my three children and I lost our home and our dog, Lulu, in a fire. Of all the objects that were ...

After state lawmakers cut that funding out of its biennial budget bill this spring, Braun announced a new fundraising ...

Raising kids with strong values — like honesty — isn't always easy in today's world. But one Utah mom is hoping to make it a little simpler through storytelling.

The Nassau County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America held its inaugural Black History Month Authors’ Symposium Saturday afternoon, connecting young readers with authors and their stories. The ...

As we increasingly succumb to the temptations of touchscreens and AI, do we risk creating a generation with its ...

It probably won’t come as news to you that reading to children carries with it a lot of benefits, such as promoting language comprehension and literacy. According to 2016 statistics from Scholastic, ...