I always knew, at least intuitively, that reading books is good for you — even the “guilty pleasure” books like thrillers, ...

Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

Studies show that reading books with your young children does more than help them learn words and develop language skills.

An updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics says reading helps build the foundation for a child’s ...

If nothing else, it makes your carbon footprint look fat. Right now, I find reading the news impossible. My eyes bounce off.

An easy way you can begin to develop a child’s innate choosing strategies is by introducing them to series, or even authors ...

Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off into ...

An essay is a short piece of writing that is set around a specific topic or a subject. An essay is often used for academics ...