East Lothian libraries took part in the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, an annual programme organised by The Reading Agency to encourage children aged four to 11 to read for pleasure during the summer ...

Sharing stories together can ease first-day jitters and make the transition back to school a little brighter. (Green Shoot Media photo) Whether it’s a child’s very first day or just a new year with ...

Our editor's tweens have read dozens of books on their Kindles over the years. After testing the new Amazon Kindle Kids Colorsoft, they have a new favorite e-reader.

PBS just launched a newly imagined version of its show Reading Rainbow—this time, featuring a cast of woke stars.

On a humid Saturday morning in June, organizations around the community and Oak Ridge made their way through the historic streets of Scarboro. From the Robertsville Girls basketball team to the AKA ...

Here are T&C’s picks for the best books of October 2025. Any new novel from Thomas Pynchon is decidedly an event, and this one—about a Depression-era private eye who finds himself on a global goose ...

Fry bread is shape (“flat like a pancake/round like a ball”); fry bread is sound (“the bubbles sizzle and pop”); fry bread is color (“deep like coffee, sienna or earth”). In Maillard’s generous and ...

“As it turns out, that book is banned because reading about segregation is divisive,” Burton said as he returned onscreen. “But since almost any book with Black people these days is considered ...

Napa Valley isn’t just for wine connoisseurs and romantic getaways it’s also a fantastic destination for families. Many wineries have recognized that parents want to enjoy wine tasting while keeping ...

Between its sweltering summer temperatures, glut of design-forward boutique hotels and step-studded Fira old town — an excellent buggy deterrent — Santorini is gloriously un-child-friendly.

The president of the children’s publisher, Walker Books, Belinda Ioni Rasmussen, has told The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference that they are prioritising “brand focused publishing” and the way they ...

Amazon’s kid-friendly Paperwhite is the same as the standard Paperwhite, but it’s ad-free and comes with the added benefits of a two-year hardware protection plan, six months of Amazon Kids Plus, and ...