Our Kids Read, a Maryland-based nonprofit opened a free children's bookstore in Dundalk to provide diverse reading selections and improve literacy rates in the Baltimore area.

Both are species of cowardice.” The right cared nothing for either Jennifer or Melissa, or for their mothers. Their pain only ...

Transit tips, talking points and more SEPTA and NJ Transit service will be drastically different than usual this morning.

After the Van Vliet family lost their home in a fire, residents of Homewood, Flossmoor and Chicago Heights have helped them ...

Books from Jon Klassen, Ruth Paul, Evan Turk and Maryrose Wood offer visual treats and bedtime charm.

Teacher Jacqueline Alcántara's book is inspired by her experience as a first-generation child growing up in a Spanish-speaking household. Families can attend a launch party Saturday in Pilsen.

Barney Saltzberg’s many picture books for children include “Arlo Needs Glasses,” about his giant goldendoodle who couldn’t ...

A national program providing free books to students was launched at Riverside Elementary East. Officials from publishing company Scholastic joined area legislators Thursday afternoon to kick off ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

I was delighted recently to discover that three of my favorite authors, all from extremely different backgrounds and ...

For “Your Island,” “Your Forest” and “Your Farm,” the author and illustrator radically simplified what was on the page.

Eric Tucker, who lived and died in Warrington, created over 500 rosy paintings of everyday life, as nephew Joe relates in The Secret Painter ...