Literacy rates are declining, screen time is increasing, and experts are sounding the alarm on the death of parents reading to their children. Though it is critical for their cognitive development, ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

Jeana Wallace never enjoyed reading as a child. The books she read in school didn’t interest her and “constant deadlines made it even harder to connect with the stories,” she said. Reading was a chore ...

Reading can open children’s worlds, transporting them to new places and times. Reading skill is linked to long-term life outcomes, including academic achievement, employment, and physical and mental ...