Whether it's exploring the great outdoors, learning about science, cooking at home, or reading about philosophy, these books ...

He came to fame as a singer on 'Shindig!' and had top 10 hits with "Little Woman," "La La La (If I Had You)," "Julie, Do Ya ...

Danielle Greer, 17, is teenybopping at the mall when a modeling scout spots her and changes her life irrevocably. In that fashion moment, “hick is chic,” and Danielle quickly becomes the freewheeling, ...

California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

Relationships between the book's young women and older men are often hazardous: "Girls," she notes, "who fall in love with men who are too old. Simone is 20 and falls in love with a man six or seven ...

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Elizabeth Lim tops the YA list with a take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’: the New York Times list for the week ended June 7.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — It started with a simple idea: give young readers books they can keep. “Books for New Haven was a project I started when I was 14 years old, I was a freshman i… ...

Boys born to mothers with PCOS or high third-trimester testosterone levels are less physically active at age 7, particularly on weekends. Girls exposed to high prenatal testosterone show reduced ...

If you're a parent, teacher, or librarian looking for the best books for 2nd graders (7 year olds) boys and girls, this chapter book list can help with funny books to fantasy and realistic, you'll ...

The Golden Girls had old-lady hair, wore loose clothes, and joked about their faltering bodies. A much loved scene, written by Harris, has the Girls considering the effect of various body ...