This year marks the UK's National Year of Reading, which aims to rebuild good reading habits and enjoyment as child and adolescent reading declines year on year. Reading enjoyment is at its lowest ...

When was the last time you read a book — for fun? When was the last time your child or grandchild did? In a world dominated by screens of all sizes, reading for pleasure — particularly a traditional ...

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 ...

It is tricky enough to find books for children you know well. If you haven’t seen the child in ages, or you have lost track of his or her interests (or never knew them in the first place), it may be ...

At left, Tony Buttino prepares Western New York book reviewers (from left to right: Stephanie, Percy and Afrika) with production assistant Pam Johnson at right. Courtesy of WNED PBS, Buffalo, NY For ...

When Inside Higher Education recently interviewed college students about their reading, a University of Florida sophomore claimed she relied entirely on YouTube videos to explain her reading. Academic ...

Reading for pleasure is linked to an array of benefits, including improved memory and reduced stress, researchers say.

Kids who are read to daily are nearly three times more likely to enjoy independent reading compared to weekly readers, the study shows Getty A study shows only 41% of kids aged 0–4 are read to ...

Assuming that gift books should be something a little out of the ordinary—larger in size, oddly intriguing, distinctly illustrated, appealing to nostalgia—here are some wrap-worthy ideas. “Around the ...