What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...

What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day and Connecticut is or was home several authors and illustrators who are responsible for some of your favorites. One quite famous one was Maurice Sendak, ...

Sarah Warren (left), children's book author and co-founder of Picture Book Parade, an organization that promotes literacy and diverse local authors, and Shannon Gibney (right), author and professor of ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Knox County Schools leaders have identified 48 books the district will pull from its libraries and classrooms to follow a new state law. Schools have until winter break to remove the ...

Atlanta authors inspire young readers with powerful stories during National Reading Month. Books by Tony Williams, Terry Lee, and 10-year-old Sarai Green tackle topics like self-doubt, careers, and ...

Since 1967, on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday (April 2), International Children's Book Day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books. In honor of the day ...

Amid the nation’s culture wars and deep political divisions, conservatives’ drive to control what young people can read has taken on new intensity. The record number of challenges and bans levied on ...

Even as an adult, you can probably look back on your childhood and pick out a few books that either entertained you or changed your life forever. Libraries in all 50 states are celebrating "Children's ...

The number of book bans in the U.S. has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets. Read from CU expert Katherine Spoon and colleague ...