Melissa Taylor is a former teacher and literacy trainer as well as a mother of two, blogger, and children’s book expert. She created and writes the popular blog Imagination Soup. She is also a ...

(TNS) — Linus Merryman spends about an hour a day on his laptop at his elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, mostly working on foundational reading skills like phonics and spelling. He opens the ...

Grown-ups often forget that learning to read can be an arduous and tedious process. Fortunately, today's young readers-to-be now can choose from a wide array of interesting and often humorous books ...

We know that many children are failing to learn to read in our nation’s classrooms. So it’s tempting to hope that tutoring by artificial intelligence could provide a solution. But how close are we to ...

Many parents know Mo Willems as a picture-book genius who creates books like "Knuffle Bunny" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." But Willems also has become a star in the world of beginning ...

On October 17, BookFest @ Bank Street 2020, normally hosted by the Center for Children’s Literature at Bank Street College of Education in Manhattan, had its virtual debut due to pandemic restrictions ...

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading. I’ve curated a list of 1st grade books for ...