Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

Welcome to our spring 2024 Children’s Preview issue! For our main feature, we spoke with publishers and agents about their outlook for the year ahead, and the current challenges and opportunities ...

Go to the parenting section of any bookstore and you'll probably get overwhelmed by the options. Books on screen time, gentle parenting, brain development and high achievement can make you feel lost.

A new British survey from data company Nielsen and publisher HarperCollins found that the number of parents reading aloud to their preschool-age kids declined to just 41 percent, from 64 percent in ...

Robyn Cox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Eileen Scheckle is affiliated with the Literacy Association of South Africa. Policymakers have focused attention on developing literacy in the foundation phase (grades 1-3), because the skills ...

Welcome to our spring 2023 Children’s Announcements issue! In our lead feature, we speak with a number of publishers about how they are adapting to ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic. In ...