Our annual, "If You Give A Child A Book" Campaign is taking a closer look into how early reading brings a positive impact on a child's life and future career.

Allowing elementary students to nominate and vote for their favorite books of the year can create a culture of celebration in ...

Jersey Shore native Alex Butzler remembers being in fifth grade and reading the book “Walking with Spring” by Earl V. Shaffer ...

Award-winning Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick shares a new eye-opening look at the complicated story of Elvis’s manager.

Penderwicks series author Jeanne Birdsall returns with 'The Library of Unruly Treasures,' a lightly fantastical contemporary ...

We asked the duo behind Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales to discuss their new spinoff chapter book series, which kicks off with 'Troubling Tonsils,' and striking the right tone for kids.

Champaign's Jen Setser, Stacy Baby, Emma Delgado, Ryley Edmonson and Valerie Prescott; Urbana's LeKisha Hall and Cindy Adamek ...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s complex life of fame, privilege and constant reinvention is explored in Amy Odell’s new biography.

Using funding from a $1 billion bond, Aurora Public Schools plans to rebuild diverse Laredo Elementary on the same plot of ...

Tove Jansson created the Moomins as an escape from the darkness of World War II. 80 years later, do we need them more than ...

From pubs to town halls, historical local buildings provide the ballast to our lives – steadfast landmarks we expect to ...

Sham' is Takashi Miike at his most commercial, a tense, mid-grade courtroom drama that unfolds in predictable yet interesting ways.