Books

Harvard Library patrons will no longer be able to check-out a book covered with human skin. Yes, real human skin.

Did you know that one of the largest and most famous used bookstores in the world lives in Michigan?

The sellers left behind reminders that the notable author once called the building home.

Remember those summers of Judy Blume books and the Goosebumps series? Well let Pizza Hut remind you. The pizza chain is bringing back it’s popular summer BOOK IT! program from the 80’s and 90’s. Pizza Hut announced their Camp BOOK IT! which is an extension of the be...

When a child can connect with the protagonist in a story, they engage more with the text and become readers; not just literate, but people who enjoy, and seek out, reading as a hobby. On the flip side, when a child is reading a story featuring a character from a completely different background, they learn compassion and empathy, to put themselves in someone else's shoes.

The author, Ed Shankman, is from the Bronx, New York, and he published this children's book in 2013

Stock up on birthday gifts, add to your child's library, replace all the books you've lent out that never seemed to find their way home. Plus you'll get a free tote with the purchase of 3 books.

Today's reading experience is nothing like the literal "page-turners" of yesteryear. But even with the e-Book, the Kindle and the iPad at our fingertips, we can still spot a wacky romance novel cover from a mile off.