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Looking for some pumpkin literacy activities for your K-3 learners? I’m preparing for a PUMPKIN DAY with my Kindergartner, 2nd grader, and 3rd grader. So I whipped up a few literacy activities for us to do together. If you’re looking for more science or social studies activities, you might like all the unit studies I’ve …

Give parents and caregivers an exciting month full of early literacy activities to share with children at home during the month of November!

Illustrated like a kid's book but packing a lot of punch, 'A Die Hard Christmas' will bring John McClane back for more holiday fun.

Do you know a kiddo who loves books? Or a kiddo who has yet to find the right ones? Check out these 35 books that we think they just might love.

You've heard of busy bags, but do you also know about literacy book bags? These are bags with a picture book and playful toys, games, or other related hands-on activities to do. And you can easily make your own!

Twenty years ago today, the world was introduced to Harry Potter and a book series destined to be the best-selling of all time. But what was it about the skinny, bespectacled 11-year-old with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead that so captured the imagination — and wallets — of children and adults around the world?

To make the transition from full-time lawyer to full-time novelist, John Grisham followed this daily regimen.

We rank lasting favorites for young readers, from "Madeline" to "The Lorax"

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Facebook joins with the founder of Craigslist to fix a crisis of faith in the news, but questions remain about who should shoulder the blame.

While progress in improving human literacy rates has stalled since 2000 - leaving 758 million adults worldwide and 32 million Americans illiterate

Kindness is one of the most important character traits, but sometimes kids need an extra reminder about the best ways to be kind t

Help parents bring winter cheer into their homes with a month of early literacy activities, crafts and books to share with their little ones in December.

Sometimes Halloween isn't so scary. Sometimes it's adorable. Here are 6 adorable children's books to celebrate Halloween.

Today marks 101 years since the birth of Roald Dahl. For many children, Dahl's work is the gateway from picture books to chapter books. From Miss Trunchbull to Aunts Spiker and Sponge, he created the most deliciously evil of nemeses for his child protagonists to defeat - and what a glory it is...

A novelist and new mother recreates her book collection for the next generation.

EduResearch Matters, 7 August 2017. The focus on formal, regulated programs in reading and writing is having an enormous negative impact. There has been a narrowing of focus and a preoccupation with test results. Read the article here

TweetEmail TweetEmailWhen you have finished your book, redrafted it, edited it, let friends, colleagues and strangers read it, re-drafted it again, you may finally be ready to publish. Now you have another big decision to make. Deciding whether to send your book off to agents and publishers in the hope that it might be traditionally …

Is there a hierarchy in the children's book industry? You betcha. If you're just entering this dog-eat-dog world, think of it like a school. A large, grey bugger with high fences and lots of asphalt. The picture book creators are kept inside, in a rarefied, humidity-controlled, tastefully decorated sanctuary. Busy finger painting. Will speak to fairies. No one else. The…

Philani Dladla, a.k.a. the Pavement Bookworm is only 24 and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. His is story is quite incredible.

“Hallmarks of her work, critics agreed, included her fleet, engaging prose and prodigious archival research. … What was more, where children’s biographies of an earlier age inclin…

Bill Clinton is to write a presidential thriller with bestselling crime writer James Patterson, it has been announced.

With the rush to dismiss traditional books in favor of all things digital, we've lost sight of the most important opinion on the matter, that of the kids we're trying to encourage to read.

Analysis of one of the world’s oldest children’s books has revealed an early guide to the practice of phonics, which breaks down words into syllables to make them easier to learn.