By A.O. Scott These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle ...

Woodson and first celebrated on February 1, 1926; and WHEREAS, since 1976, it has become a nationally recognized month-long celebration held to acknowledge and pay tribute to the contributions made by ...

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing. By Elisabeth Egan In Charlotte ...

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s second novel is about three characters with things to hide in turn-of-the-20th-century New York Two new books -- “I Dream of Joni” by Henry Alford and “Song So Wild ...

Emma Rice’s musical theatre adaptation of Wuthering Heights features a finale where the orphan Hareton – a silent, traumatised man – suddenly emerges sporting a cute kitchen apron over his bare torso.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Breathing Room” has a highly anticipated new book centered around a ... between the color blue and black history, from the indigo-dyed cloths of West ...

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The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones Untold Stories of American History In 1931, Herbert O. Yardley published a tell-all book about ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle The Daily Mail Books department ...

In the book "Brooklynites," professor Prithi Kanakamedala ... the stories of these Brooklynites are not merely footnotes in history but narrate a collective journey of resilience and self ...