Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Houma native Quvenzhane Wallis, who starred in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' is reportedly attached to star in the feature-film adaptation of the best-seller 'Counting by 7s.' (AP file photo) (The ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- I honestly have to say that I was drawn first to the cover of “Counting by 7s,” and then to the title of this great little book. A book judged by its cover is not always a bad thing.

Twelve-year-old Willow Chance is obsessed with the number 7. She is also passionate about the study of human diseases and botany. Much to the consternation of strangers she meets, the young girl often ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures have optioned Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel Counting By 7s. They’ve attached Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild star ...

Willow Chance is an extremely precocious and analytical 12-year-old “genius,” and she doesn’t fit in with other kids (though she’d doubtlessly find a kindred spirit in Lauren Tarshis’s Emma-Jean ...

As a kid, Holly Goldberg Sloan was convinced that New Year’s should be celebrated in June. There was no point in marking Day 1 on Jan. 1, she believed; instead, it was summer, when school was out and ...

While publishers regularly stage dual and group tours, it’s rare for authors whose books target different audiences to hit the road together. But Holly Goldberg Sloan and Julie Berry are doing just ...

Diversity is a constant, important topic in the children's book world. Do today's titles adequately reflect the variety of our nation? Has publishing moved beyond the multicultural trend of the 1990s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...