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 ...

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 ...

On my many outings to the bookstore over the years, I’ve wondered why the quality of children’s activity books seems to be on the decline. You’ve probably come across the type of activity book I’m ...

The Week Junior Book Club releases one new middle-grade book every month that’s featured in The Week Junior. an award-winning children’s magazine that covers national and world events and delivers ...

It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...