Before Helen Keller became the author of 14 books and an international advocate for the needs of others, she was a young girl trapped in a secret, silent world and unable to speak.

Lynda Claassen, director of Special Collections & Archives, has known a new Dr. Seuss book was in the works since the spring. That’s when longtime Seuss editors asked library staff to pull the ...

She’s played a Jane Austen hero, a swashbuckling aristocrat, and a wartime cryptanalyst. Now, the beloved actor steps into ...

Welcoming translations gives the prize the potential to show that books from different cultures and written in languages ...

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about the relationship between a child and a horse, a middle ...

Halloween 2025 has arrived, and here are some of the best horror movies your kids can watch to make their day better!

From hilarious picture books to captivating page-turners, Shenandoah County school libraries celebrated National Book Month ...

While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

I was terrified of the Old Elephant King in “The Story of Babar.” My daughter was freaked out by “The Very Hungry Caterpillar ...

Unlike the Yoto and Toniebox, the Little Tikes Story Dream Machine doesn’t require you to download any apps or connect to your Wi-Fi. To get started, you just need four AA batteries and a book ...

As the fall season starts the air gets cooler and the leaves change colors, there’s nothing better than curling up with your kids and reading together. Rainy fall days, apple cider, pumpkin patches, ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in June, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was left bewildered when Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that he saved "tens of millions of dollars" by ...