As kids head back to school, area pediatricians and librarians are encouraging parents and caregivers to help younger children embrace a love of reading. In some cases, that task may be an uphill ...

People truly are reading less these days, especially for fun. It’s the central concern of a new study published in iScience that’s quantified just how much less reading people in the U.S. have been ...

Reading is a form of self-care if you ask Nicole Simon of the @nicolemarie_library Bookstagram. She picked up the hobby ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Have you ever stopped to think about how something as simple as reading could shape the course of your life? It’s not just about escaping into a good story or learning new facts—reading has a profound ...

I was 25-years-old and living in New York City. I had just finished my first novel, set to dip my toes into the literary world for the first time. Then, I spilled water on my computer, and lost the ...

As a paediatrician, I regularly advise parents on sleep routines, nutrition and vaccines. But one of the most important — and sometimes unexpected — recommendations I make is to read aloud to children ...

We recently gave a talk about this topic for the British Neuroscience Association, in association with The Queen's Reading Room. We would like to thank the Queen’s Reading Room CEO, Vicki Perrin for ...