Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked some storytime experts to discuss the wonders of wordless picture books and how they share them with young readers. Not surprisingly, they had ...

Keats once said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Some would say the same about a picture book. Many teachers and librarians believe that picture books aren’t just for the wee ones, and they are ...

Judy recently posted about the need to share picture books with older kids. Christine, a commenter on Judy’s post, writes beautifully about picture books and their importance to her family. These ...

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. Indeed, ...

A raccoon chef gets an eye opener, grocery shopping goes bananas, and reading with Dad turns zany: 3 picks from columnist and teacher.

Instilling a habit of reading in children supplements what they learn in school, but reading aloud to children by parents, teachers or even other children, is a way for them and adults to bond and to ...

With so few words, most of them kid-friendly, it should be a piece of cake. But it depends on who’s holding the whisk. By Daniel Hahn In “Where the Wild Things Are,” the boy Max finds himself sailing ...

Michelle Obama is cracking open some of her favorite children’s picture books — which the former First Lady will read aloud in free live-streams over the next four weeks for kids stuck at home. In ...

A literacy strategist writes about nurturing children’s love for books and literature in a world where political, social, and economic systems are in flux Every parent aspires to raise a child who ...