Kids say the silliest things sometimes, and Keira Knightley isn’t immune. But when the Atonement star’s eldest daughter asked ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

The conservative city council in Huntington Beach, Orange County’s deep-red MAGA stronghold, has been unrelenting in its ...

Quad Cities author Danielle Scott has officially released her debut early reader children’s book, “Max the Great,” published by Pegasus Publishers under the Nightingale Books imprint, a news release ...

Women, sex and Jewish mothers were just some of the targets of his popular satirical writing in books, essays, screenplays and more. By Glenn Rifkin Dan Greenburg, the prolific humorist, best-selling ...

At the seminar, Holley met Michelle Medlock Adams, a children's book author. This connection led to an internship. During the ...

It’s been a good 20 years since I began writing about children’s books for The Wall Street Journal. To mark the milestone, my editors requested—perversely, if you ask me—that I select the 20 best ...

Reading with young children has lots of benefits. Experts agree it can be key to language, cognitive and emotional development, while also encouraging imagination and creativity. Books can help boost ...

The phrase serious literature comes with an unfortunate double meaning. When we call books serious, we mean they are satisfying, well written, and worthy of consideration. But we also use serious as ...

Brenda Watson’s Debut Children’s Book Turns a Messy Situation into a Fun and Teachable Moment for Families LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2024 ...

It seems unfair to announce a list of best books without revealing the criteria of judgment. It is true that the vogue for identity politics that has swept into children’s literature (and the rest of ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss is the children’s books editor at the Book Review.