It's never too early for kids to fall in love with books. And finding stories that are captivating to look at and fun to hear when read aloud is half the battle. Here's a list of engaging toddler ...

When our waking thoughts get transmuted into dreams, what do we learn?

Here's a selection of our all-time favorite kids' book series, with reviews of either the first installment or the whole series. For even more ideas, check out our lists Best Book Series for Early ...

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Books have a way of sparking empathy, drawing readers into the lives of characters who may be different from themselves -- or different from other characters in the story. Kids and teens walk in ...

Common Sense is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive.

They were reflections in the psyche, she wrote, tracing “as minutely as a seismograph” the changes happening in waking life. Starting in 1933, she wrote down these dreams—or “nightaries,” she called ...

Common Sense is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive.

Whether it's a dystopian series or a science fiction, fantasy, horror, or historical saga, these books immerse readers in other worlds and keep them hooked. Check out this list of our favorite teen ...

Among 381 books that have been removed from the library at the U.S. Naval Academy is Maya Angelou’s best-seller, “I Know Why ...

For that, remarkably, is Mailer's "poetic truth": that Hitler was born evil, conceived in the presence of the Devil and in the dark stew of a family history of incest, much as the baby Jesus, ...

As a descendant of German immigrants, from college on I devoured histories of the rise of fascism to grasp how the cultured ...