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Importance of Reading

Off the Books

Remy M. Maisel | Posted 05.09.2013 | Books
Remy M. Maisel

Something strange happened to me around when I started college: I stopped reading books. Not "I stopped reading." Not "I stopped reading stories." Not "I stopped reading for long periods of time without interruption." I just, specifically, stopped reading books.

The 4 Words Parents Should Remember This Year

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff | Posted 03.02.2013 | Parents
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

When we were children, the biggest gift our parents could give us was their attention. Nowadays, with everyone on their phone/iPod/iPad, there is less of an opportunity for kids to interact with us. In 2013, we can resolve to spend more time with our kids and we can even initiate it!

On International Day of the Girl, Books Matter

David Risher | Posted 12.11.2012 | Impact
David Risher

If we went to Ghana together, I'd want you to meet Linda Donkor, a 16-year-old student in Worldreader's program. She lives with her grandmother and her sisters.

I Stand Up For Bookworms

Daija Spaulding | Posted 10.23.2012 | Teen
Daija Spaulding

I was always the smart girl in class, the one that everyone ignored until they needed help with homework or something like that. But reading books gave me an escape from my aloneness.

Cheri Daniels and the Scholastic Summer Challenge

Earl Martin Phalen | Posted 09.17.2012 | Impact
Earl Martin Phalen

I recently had the chance to chat with first lady Daniels about her favorite books, her thoughts on the importance of reading rituals, and how she's helping to ensure that the children of Indiana grow up as successful readers.

The Main Thing Is That We Keep Reading

Mary Walker Baron | Posted 07.03.2012 | Books
Mary Walker Baron

As an avid reader I take pride and comfort in my library of printed works. I own a digital reader from which I frequently, well, read. I love my books. I like my digital reader.

Hey, Teacher. Let Kids Read Alone.

Steve Terreri | Posted 11.24.2011 | Books
Steve Terreri

Considering how wide the differences between reading on one's own and reading in a class are, I'm interested in how educators might take some aspects from the former to let high school students read just to read.

Loving Jane Austen

Lev Raphael | Posted 10.31.2011 | Books
Lev Raphael

Jane Austen is so popular these days she's probably been a write-in candidate in more than one election. Who knows, she might even have won some of them. I'd vote for her.

"Kissing" Books Could Have Saved Borders

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 09.23.2011 | Books
Gail Vida Hamburg

As men wearing suits analyze the death of Borders, it's become clear that none of them grew up kissing books. They blame book readers, digital books, Amazon, and the recession for the demise of the chain when they should be blaming the executives.

How Dogs Are Helping Kids Read [VIDEO]

Posted 09.11.2011 | Home

The search for the perfect tutor may just end with your neighbor's dog. More children across the country are partaking in programs and events that ...

Expanding Horizons For Arabic Children

John Farrell | Posted 07.19.2011 | Religion
John Farrell

In Jordan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East, people read for study, for school and for their jobs. But not for pleasure. Rana Dajani felt she had to do something about this.

Battle Hymn of the Bookworm Mother

Celeste Ng | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Celeste Ng

As I contemplate my son's future, I have to admit there's one thing that might wake my inner tiger. There's only one thing my son could do that would really disappoint me: not liking reading.

Sputnik II: Relearn the Love of Learning -- Now

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Carla Seaquist

Not so long ago -- in that 1959-'69 span of the U.S.-Soviet space race -- the love of learning held sway.

How to Get Your Kids to Read

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Maria Rodale

While the media and teachers complain that kids don't read anymore, I can't get my kids to stop. Even Lucia, who is too young to read, is a voracious reader. So what's the secret?

Re-"Kindle" Our Past with Green Technology

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jonathan A. Schein

Preserving books is one of our most important duties if we are going remain relevant in the eyes of future societies.

Impulse Buying for Books, Baby

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Giles Slade

Bezos yearned to adapt such Jobsian techniques to the sale of books and to recast those sales in the same way iThings had changed MP3 downloads and then put Internet access in your pocket.

On Buying Books

Karen Dionne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Karen Dionne

If more book-lovers become book-buyers, perhaps the publishing industry's woes will ease, and the 14% who buy more than 20 books a year will explode next time Random House takes a survey.

Every Monday Matters: "Are You Really Going to Read Them Again?"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

61% of low-income families have no books in their homes. Survey your bookshelves and pull out books that you won't read again. Donate them to a local literacy organization, school or library.

How Philadelphia Could Determine the Future of the Public Library

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Charles D. Ellison

There is a longstanding preemptive element to the public library: for every child or teenager with their head in a textbook or glazing through that day's homework is one less idle mind wreaking criminal havoc.

To Kindle or Not to Kindle

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
One For The Table

If you travel a lot (and are tired of carrying several books with you) or have trouble reading small print, this is the device for you. For everyday reading, the jury is still out. At least for me.

Urban Kids Find The Magic

Charles Campbell | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Charles Campbell

When it comes to literacy, the list of failing cities is as long as we are tall. This is my offering to begin fixing the deep-seated problems of worthlessness that afflict so many children who are not being encouraged to read.