Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged ...

Natasha Davis has always encouraged her daughters to read. So she was delighted when Nilah, a third grader at King Elementary ...

Seung-Hee Claire Son, an educational psychology professor and director of the EARLY lab at the University of Utah, spoke of ...

The benefits of developing an early love of reading are well known, but recent reports have shown that literacy rates continue to decline globally. With unprecedented competition for children’s ...

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 ...

I’ve always been a reader. When my kids were born, I looked forward to sharing books I’ve loved with them. Of course, what we read to little kids are mostly, well, little-kid books—not the books we ...

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 ...

I cover baby and kids gear after a decade of reporting on parenting. Amazon recently released its very first color Kindle designed for young readers: the Kindle Colorsoft Kids. While my older children ...

WASHINGTON — Barnes & Noble is bringing back its summer reading program, meaning kids across the country can score a free book. Each year, the bookstore chain offers an educational way to keep kids ...

People are reading less, and it’s not just teens on TikTok. Data shows declines in reading among adults for leisure and kids ...

Young readers are getting an assist from Caitlin Clark. Scholastic is donating 22,000 new books to the Caitlin Clark Foundation, which will then get them in the hands of kids who don't have easy ...