Bess Kalb writes very good children’s books. The one-time writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live shot to no. 1 on the New York Times best sellers list with her 2024 picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo, and is aiming ...

Spiridellis Bros. Studios attracts investment from Polaris Founders Capital, Caruso Ventures, Google’s AI Futures Fund. AI remains controversial in Hollywood because of fears it will result in ...

The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring. Data shows a ...

Banned Books Week, held from October 5-11, highlights censorship and celebrates the freedom to read. Despite an increase in book challenges, a 2022 poll found that 71% of Americans surveyed oppose ...

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 ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

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A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states. By Elizabeth A. Harris Restrictions on books in public schools have become “rampant and common,” according to a new ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. This month, pile your nightstand with new novels from contemporary masters ...

The actor and author, who didn't fall in love with reading himself until his thirties, wants kids to get something special out of his milestone publication Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at ...

What do bed and breakfast owners, vampire-hunting bartenders, senior citizen sleuths and nepo babies have in common? Probably not much, but they’re featured in some of the new books we think you ...