Drawbacks of testing
Today’s skill-building ideology has pushed kids away from reading by turning texts into specimens. Dissecting a story and ...
Of genres, generation and growth
CHENNAI: Grandmothers’ sari-soft voices weaving well-worn threads of tales, dusty classics on magic carpets or wands to ...
In China, social media apps are changing how people buy and read books – selling more than physical bookshops do
China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, and its biggest social media app, WeChat, are transforming reading in China – with more influence than BookTok.
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El Cenizo opens first Little Free Library
El Cenizo's first Little Free Library opens, offering a "take a book, leave a book" service, enhancing community engagement ...
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Books address the desire kids have to fit in
No one likes being the outsider; the new person in a place of strangers, no friends, not a part of anything, being made fun ...
How Booked is building a community one stellar reading recommendation at a time
Booked, a cozy independent store in Illinois, sells all kinds of books and hosts everything from D&D for teens to romance ...
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Spencer Russell on What We Get Wrong About Reading Instruction
There’s a way to get kids learning to read quickly and feeling excited about it, says the former teacher and TikTok ...
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Tails & Tales: Have your kid read to therapy dog through new GRPL program
Reading out loud to a therapy dog can offer a low-stakes way for kids to practice their literary skills, so the Grand Rapids ...
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To boost kids’ reading, Minnesota schools start to shift the way they teach
Schools are working now to overhaul literacy teaching to comply with a new state law, the Read Act. A visit to one Minnesota ...
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Thirty books we’re excited to read in the first half of 2025
The best part about starting a new year? Forgetting all the books you never got around to reading in the past 12 months and discovering all the ones you can look forward to during the next 12.
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Book helps children struggling with bullying learn to love their red hair
Through her group — The Red Gene Project — she has published more than a dozen photography books. And after years of photography exhibitions, Ms Stokes has published a children's book.
The 20 Best Nonfiction Books for Kids They Won’t Want to Put Down
Everyone loves a good story, and that includes kids! But the best stories aren’t always fiction—often, nonfiction can be just ...