Education & Parenting

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (720+ words) Sometimes life flows along like a pleasant stream, meandering around boulders and logs, while at other times it roils down a mountainside like an avalanche. With summer passing into fall, the past week or so seemed more like an avalanche....

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (69+ words) The Bodley Head wins nine-way auction for Dr Tej Samani's 'practical guide to help your child learn' The Bookseller The Bodley Head wins nine-way auction for Dr Tej Samani's 'practical guide to help your child learn' Read this article for…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1147+ words) 22 September 2026 12:23 am WAT Vivian Uwakwe is a Nigerian children’s book author, illustrator, animator, and founder of Yanga Toons Ltd, a Port Harcourt-based publisher dedicated to bringing African perspective and heritage into world-class picture books. An artist, whose father was a…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (956+ words) A Georgia school district has removed Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from its public school libraries, citing graphic depictions of child rape and incest in the award-winning novel. The book joins over 30 other titles removed by Cobb County, Georgia’s second-largest…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1632+ words) But the more I learned about the ‘reasons’ for the book’s suppression, the angrier I became. Some complaints about the book were fabrications, and the district used double standards to suppress the book. In the first pages of the novel,…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (431+ words) I seem to be on a streak of bad (subjectively) books and movies lately, which has me wondering: what makes a story good for me? It’s not just high-quality writing, Karl Ove KnausgÃ¥rd is a brilliant writer, and…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (17+ words) The Irish Sun...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago   (255+ words) Samuels Public Library, located in Front Royal, Virginia, has been at the center of ongoing debates surrounding book challenges, intellectual freedom, library governance, and public funding. These issues intensified following organized efforts to challenge library materials and culminated in Warren…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (818+ words) Coronado locals Ron and Roberta Lenert recently became published authors with their first children’s story, “The Cheese Tax.” The book, published by Lawley Publishing, will officially be released on October 13 and was inspired by their dog Kona…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago   (559+ words) Swanton Public Library director Abigail Gaudette, left, and local author Rebecca Rupp, right, during an episode of “Books and Beyond” on Northwest Access Television. The show features local book club picks, themed book recommendations and more. SWANTON — Looking for book…...