With a wink to every writing teacher’s favorite adage, Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Show Don’t Tell” delivers a dozen short stories ...

Meghan Cox Gurdon selects her favorites from two decades of reviewing for the youngest book lovers.

Nine-year-old Wicklow writer Liliana Jeawon has been named runner-up in the national Specsavers Irish Book Awards short story competition and won a selection of literary prizes. Tinahely native ...

"The Monkey," the new Osgood Perkins film based on a Stephen King short story, ends with the main character encountering a ...

David Leonhardt—who until recently ran the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, “The Morning”—has been trying to understand ...

By Donna Barba Higuera Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexic ...

Ross Macdonald’s “The Underground Man” is exquisitely attuned to the Californian landscape—how it rises, falls, smells, and, ...

In honor of his birthday, here are five things that you might not know about Dr. Seuss. Yes that’s right, Dr. Seuss wasn’t a medical doctor. According to History, the author was born as Theodor Seuss ...

Common Sense Media also reviews “Riff Raff” and “The Monkey.” ...

Maybe you want them to have a short siesta so you can have a ... This video of her reading the story Harry the Dirty Dog to kids reminds you of her gentle soul and subtle humor.

Synaesthesia is a neurological condition found to enhance memory and learning. Now, scientists say seeing in colour could ...