The poem in For a Girl Becoming is a blessing for a newborn child. Harjo wrote it in 1993 to celebrate the birth in July 1990 ...

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Junior Book Awards have unveiled the 2025 shortlist, celebrating the best in children’s literature across 14 categories.

As a librarian, literacy ambassador, and social media sensation, Mychal Threets has built a very busy career out of spreading the word about the wonders that await visitors to the library; he’s now ...

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A Cornucopia of Cool Books in Canton is a trove of used books, from rarities to bestsellers. Authors include King, Rowling, ...

The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for 2025 has been unveiled. Awards will be given for the best in children’s literature across 13 categories, and shortlistees include Ramzee, Deborah Meaden, Elle ...

The Jefferson Parish Library will hold its seventh annual spelling bee for adults at 7 p.m. June 19 at the East Bank Regional ...

The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults also administers the ever-popular HELL Reading Challenge, which has now been running for over a decade. Last year over 800 schools and ...

Four St. Louis-based experts tackle boredom, big emotions, and picky eating through storytelling in their new children's ...

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.