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The benefits of reading with children are innumerable. Children who read with their caregivers report higher levels of reading comprehension, fluency and self-confidence. But do you know of its mental ...

When was the last time you read a book? According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, reading is something a majority of Americans enjoy, and want to get better at. But it's nowhere near a top priority. The ...

Bookworms’ reading quirks are more common than you’d think. (We’re looking at you, page sniffers and back-to-front flippers!) As the daughter of a librarian, I grew up surrounded by books. My mother ...

Outside, it was summer, but inside John Lewis Elementary School in Macon, Ga. Quantesha Pittman was teaching third graders to build words. "What's that first sound again?" she asked the room of about ...

Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments. It’s true! Even during story time, their minds are at work, taking in all the language they hear and ...

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...

Do you want to make reading part of your daily routine? Reading for pleasure has proven to strengthen muscle memory, boost creativity, improve your mood and much more. It’s important to make time for ...

Nothing spells out trouble for a bookworm quite like a reading slump. Just like a cold that just won’t pass, the reading slump — a period of disinterest in books — can be a deflating and prolonged ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Joshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his students about 10 years ago. They began to ...

As the pandemic drove a sudden, massive and necessary shift to online education last year, students were forced to access much of their school reading assignments digitally. Turning so heavily to ...