Families of San Francisco children under the age of 5 can sign up to get a free book mailed to them once a month as part of a decades-old literacy program now debuting in The City. The San Francisco ...

The United Way of the Greater Capital Region is partnering with the Troy Public Library to ensure local kids have access to books at their home. In celebration of ...

A Scholastic-branded streaming app has been launched by one of the children’s media outfit’s portfolio companies, 9 Story Media Group. The free, ad-supported service will offer Scholastic library ...

Reading to your kids is one of the best gifts you can give them, but finding story time favorites and, eventually, a series that they’ll want to explore on their own grows more difficult every year ...

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.