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Most gardening books can teach a child how to plant a seed, water a sapling, or identify a flower. What they often cannot ...

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

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 ...

Those dog-eared childhood favorites on your shelf might be worth far more than nostalgia. From mischievous rabbits to epic fantasy quests, certain early and first editions have become serious ...

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

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 ...

Sarah has worked as an editor, writer, fact-checker, proofreader, and researcher for a variety of clients in print and digital publishing. Her areas of expertise lie in Home, Parenting and Health. If ...

Most of us donate or pass down our childhood books once we grow up. We assume we'll never want to read that well-worn set of Little House on the Prairie books again. Later, we discover the joy of ...

Makhijani reflects on her newest picture book, the deeply personal Together for Mama, and the books that inspired her to ...

It’s often said that we’re living in a Golden Age of children’s literature. There are 10,000 or so new titles published each year in the UK, accounting for an astonishing one in three books sold. And ...