A kid home-schooled by elders finds himself among kids his own age: Here’s The New York Times list for the week ended Jan. 18.

Such stories inspire readers with ideas and give rise to questions of whether they, too, would have the strength of character ...

Anime fans -- as you know if you have any living in your house -- are passionate about the characters and series they love. This list includes some of our favorites for teens and older tweens. Some of ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Will County, Palos Park, Tinley Park, Lemont and University of Chicago.

By day, sisters Molly and Clara appear to be modern-day New Yorkers, living in an indie cinema that was once home to a ...

YA books include ‘Last Bookstore,’ and poet Amanda Gorman has a picture book. Here’s the New York Times list for the week ...

Graphic novel sales may have decreased in 2024, but the quality sure didn’t. With my habit of getting overly excited about ...

With the arrival of the new year comes a fresh lineup of soon-to-be-published books that will inspire and educate Black K-12 ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- An Arlington Heights 5-year-old girl is recovering after being left on a bus alone by her daycare Tuesday. Her parents said KinderCare lost track of their daughter ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- An Amber Alert issued for a girl in Rock Island Thursday morning has been canceled after she was found safe. An 18-year-old man and four other teens were arrested and ...

BLACKFOOT — A 7-year-old girl walking to school was hit by a vehicle driven by a teenager. It happened on Thursday before 7:40 a.m. at the York Drive and York Circle intersection in Blackfoot.

A Hull man who exchanged highly sexualised messages with a 12-year-old girl and said "age is just a number" got a nasty shock when he suddenly discovered to his horror that she did not even exist ...