Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

Reading as a Mental Escape Valve Modern life throws a lot at people. News updates buzz constantly screens demand attention and multitasking has become second nature. Amid all this reading stands ...

Last month, Rose Horowitch wrote the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” which sparked a lot of debate. Professors told Horowitch that their students felt overwhelmed at the ...

By Barry Porterfield | [email protected] Students at one Pauls Valley school are coming together for one simple but important reason – helping local younger kids stay on top of their reading ...

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 ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. “A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are ...

Sarah J. Maas, Freida McFadden and Emily Henry –– can these popular authors join forces and save the day against a dangerous decline in reading for enjoyment? Daily reading for pleasure has plummeted ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

The RI Center for the Book promotes community and literacy by selecting one book annually for statewide reading programs. The ...

Once upon a time in a land of rabbit-eared TV sets that displayed four or five stations tops, there existed a half-hour program celebrating the joy of picture books that was called “Reading Rainbow.” ...