Actress, singer, and storyteller Fernanda Romero has turned a new creative page, literally. Known for her roles in film and ...

Tulsa author and illustrator Zuri Louis releases “I See Colors: A Children’s Book About Skin,” a vibrant, felt-illustrated book that helps children understand and celebrate racial diversity. TULSA, ...

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What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...

When I first started compiling this year-end book list, my daughters were 3 years and just 6 months old, and my main duties were feeding and chasing them around. But now that they are 10 and 7, I have ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

Katherine Spoon has received funding from the National Science Foundation. This research was assisted by a Social Science Research Council (SSRC)/Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science ...

Climate change is not a pleasant thing to think about. It’s complicated and contentious. It can feel overwhelming and frightening. It can even seem hopeless at times. Which is why talking about it ...

Books play a vital role in showing different experiences, allowing readers to see themselves reflected in the world around them. Diverse children’s literature can shape young minds. Through the power ...