It's part of Usha Vance's Summer Reading Challenge for children in kindergarten through 8th grade. Her visit also coincided ...

Recently-published works with Vermont ties include books by Chris Bohjalian, Alison Bechdel, Harry Bliss, Garrett M. Graff and more.

The 2025 Summer Reading Challenge from second lady Usha Vance encourages children to read, aiming to improve kids' literacy rates as well as their emotional well-being.

Only 38% of third graders in Sacramento County are reading at grade level, according to a report from the nonprofit Sacramento Literacy Foundation. These rates, researchers said, is a “crisis ...

Second-hand books, new prizes and reading for pleasure were on the agenda at last week’s three-day Paris Book Festival, which closed its doors on Sunday evening (13th April).

In first and second grade, we don’t track their literacy skills. If by third grade the student “does not meet" state reading standards, we don't know which skills to target or how long they ...

Movers and shakers behind five newish imprints are aiming to turn the tide on sales in the middle grade category.

Add popular books to your reading list for Read Across America week, kicking off March 2.

Toni Dugas, a kindergarten through second-grade reading interventionist, works with students during a reading program at Norco Elementary School in Norco, La., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.

It’s a second-grade reading level and throughout the book, your child encounters a couple of different questions about the text they’ve just read to challenge their reading comprehension.

Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get tutors, driving a societal divide.

My son is in second grade and gets homework in several subjects every day. Sometimes, we are both up past his bedtime to ensure everything gets done. A child psychologist agrees that homework on ...