Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book biography, a middle grade novel, a YA novel, and more.

That makes it more crucial than ever for families to understand how children learn to read — through implicit exposure at home and in child-care settings, and through explicit teaching in elementary school.

Reading to your kids is one of the best gifts you can give them, but finding story time favorites and, eventually, a series that they’ll want to explore on their own grows more difficult every year (thanks a lot, screens). Good thing that we have a ...

Most adults are well aware of the benefits that come with reading with children. Storytime with kids can improve their literacy and develop their communication skills. Research also shows children love being read to even up until young adulthood.

These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more. By Travis Jonker Travis Jonker is a children’s book author and illustrator, and the librarian at Dorr Elementary School in Dorr, Mich.

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among others, have created some of the best books for young ...

Feel free to connect with him or check out his work. He's everywhere — Upwork, YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Collider, LinkedIn, Instagram. Children’s books survive for reasons adults do not always understand at first. A child does not return to a ...

Books from Mac Barnett and Katherine Rundell argue for the value of imaginative, engrossing tales that can engage readers young and old alike.

Celebrate Children's Book Week with our kids' books quiz — and grab some costume ideas at the same time.