A mother and her tween daughter are browsing titles in a locally owned independent bookstore. The young girl is perusing the extraordinary Newbery Honor–winning memoir-in-verse Brown Girl Dreaming by ...

Start Making a Reader Today, the Oregon nonprofit dedicated to improving children's literacy skills, now has its own children's book: "Oregon Reads Aloud," a collection of 25 read-aloud stories ...

Everyone loves a good story. Infant, child or adult, we all enjoy tales that entertain us, teach us about the world, and connect us with others. This is why so many children — including big kids — ...

Four years ago, after I accepted an offer to teach language arts to 8th graders, my teaching partner asked me to read up on a few novels that we would be reading aloud to our students throughout the ...

During a recent visit to our pediatrician’s office, I found myself alone with my daughter in an empty exam room, waiting for the doctor to make an appearance. To fill the idle minutes, I reached down ...