Sixty years after he first began serializing it in the Yiddish press, and 42 years after publisher Alfred A. Knopf acquired ...

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

A sprawling Yiddish-language epic looks back on the lost world of Jewish life in the shtetls of early 20th-century Europe.

UTICA, N.Y. -- The Utica City School District has introduced an innovative approach to encourage reading. Their new 'Utica Reads' initiative is a library without walls or due dates. Beginning April 28 ...

You can find Fjallraven backpacks in a bunch of colors (and you can get this same style in smaller sizes) but the 17-inch has ...

Milwaukee author Ebony Hanyes says her latest book, Dear Black Girls: I See You, is dedicated to Black girls, “offering them ...

A nationwide program hoping to build early literacy skills involves pediatricians prescribing books to their patients. “Reach ...

From picture books to middle-grade novels, here are the most popular children's books for every age and stage The best ...

That's the novel approach about a half-dozen Des Moines Public Schools are taking to get kids to read — using vending ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s best-selling “How ...

Andrew Heller joins us to discuss his inspiration for his children's book series, and his brand new novel.

The Dominion Brunswick Power Station and the James Solomon Russell – Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives partnered to ...