3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (521+ words) One Williamsburg-area bookstore is remembering country music legend Dolly Parton by offering free books to children on Friday. As the owner of Turn the Page Bookshop, Ralph Tedeschi has been a supporter of Parton’s Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (858+ words) My father was the first one to turn me to reading. He had a modest bookcase with science fiction novels: Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke– the big three– but also Le Guin, Bradbury, James Tiptree Jr. The books were old, even then,…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (675+ words) NEED HELP? LIVE CHAT NOW! In true librarian fashion, MEA member Christina Chatel had a nagging question and set about digging for an answer: “Where are the books written with the 13- to 15-year-old in mind?” As a middle school library…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (156+ words) Colourful costumes, excited children and delighted teachers filled the classrooms and playgrounds of Invermay Primary School as Book Week 2026 kicked off. This year's theme of a "Symphony of Stories" echoed the magic of reading. The school had miniature wizards, Where's…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1233+ words) Schools are shifting away from full novels to excerpts to prep students for state exams and accommodate lower stamina for reading. More than a decade ago, Queens teacher Nicole Radosti Pipia’s fifth- and sixth-grade students seemed to love reading novels…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (209+ words) Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has helped put hundreds of millions of free books into the hands of children around the world. The free program mails age-appropriate books directly to children six and under and has chapters across Canada. CBC…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago   (345+ words) Here’s a book giveaway Lockhart would put his name to… Those of you attending the HBO Max Platform 9 ¾ Fan Experience at Old Billingsgate Market on 1st September will be gifted copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone from Bloomsbury and…...

13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (213+ words) Goshen News Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday's memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things" is on display at a book shop in London, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Britons get the chance to read Jason Arday’s story for themselves as memoir is published in…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (765+ words) Hot List: Our Favorite Fall Routine Essentials, Plus an Exclusive Code Steals & Deals, Boxes & Last Chance Market One day in 2014, Jessica Caromile, of Warwick, Rhode Island, found herself scrolling through a Facebook group for parents of children with optic nerve…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (338+ words) On the book side, Penguin Young Readers became the official publisher for the Imagination Library in 2001, “in response to the immense interest in the literacy program from all areas of the country and the need to provide a wider breadth…...