One year after the Civil War ended, Hagar Outlaw, a formerly enslaved woman in North Carolina, was desperate to find eight of ...

People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...

Millennials have gotten a head start on nostalgia-based marketing, but we may have to reckon with the fact that not ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett (who often works with illustrator Jon Klassen) has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. We talk with Barnett about what it ...

Travel back through time to meet the world’s most enormous animals, brace yourself for the final fantastic adventure in a ...

Suncoast; Wellen Park arts showcase; Venice Area Pregnancy Care Center; free swim lessons for kids; Suncoast Jewish Alliance.

“Last Christmas,” the song by Wham!, is about unrequited love and the feeling of loss. Last Christmas, the movie, is about Emilia Clarke’s Kate Andrich, a young woman working as an elf at a Christmas ...

The Altoona Area Public Library, 1600 Fifth Ave., Altoona, offers a variety of programs each month for patrons of all ages. To register for programs, call the library at 814-946-0417. More information ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress also found that New Mexico's student reading scores dropped to their ...

Ross Douthat admits he is a little self-conscious about his interest in UFOs. “It’s just sort of embarrassing,” he tells me ...

A San Antonio panel discussed the results of a new survey on the well-being of Texas children Thursday and proposed solutions ...

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