Readers find a classroom trend of assigning shorter texts “troubling.” Also: Reaction to President Trump’s naming of a ...

Getting children reading in schools is helping them become "more confident, more imaginative and more creative", a charity ...

Create a game, get people of all ages involved, and make a habit of reading. Here’s what literacy experts say works best.

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 ...

No matter a child’s age, reading is important. It enhances language development, develops vocabulary, and sparks imaginative ...

Children who start to read for fun early in life get better test scores by the time they reach adolescence, according to a new study. Reading for pleasure by the age of nine is also linked to better ...

Every year, educators worry about “summer slide,” the potential for learning loss when children are not in school. This issue is more pronounced among low-income families who don’t have access to ...

A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher Scholastic, he helped design and execute the ...

Children’s Book Week is celebrated May 5 – 11. As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the ...

Reading together every day is also a wonderful way to bond with your child. Reading 1,000 books is not as hard as it might ...

PHOENIX — As children across Arizona head into summer break, educators don't want parents to let the "summer slide" kick in. The "summer slide" is when kids can lose what they've learned before ...