List of All Articles with Tag 'book'

Robert Louis Stevenson ('Treasure Island,' 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde') is one of Scotland’s foremost writers—and his life, like his most famous stories, was full of both adventure and misfortune.

The Stonewall Book Award celebrates LGBTQ+ literature and includes standouts from authors like Alison Bechdel, Rivers Solomon, and Michael Cunningham.

By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO Illinois has become the first state to legislate against the banning of books in

Illinois became the first state in the nation to prohibit book bans Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced, as states across the country continue to challenge and axe literature from public schools and libraries.

Elizabeth Gilbert has announced that she will halt the release of her next book after facing backlash because the story is set in Russia.

In the Middle Ages, stealing a book was more like stealing someone’s car today. Now, we have car alarms; then, they had chains, chests … and curses.

Reading transports us to worlds we would never see, introduces us to people we would never meet, and instills emotions we might never otherwise feel. It also provides an array of health benefits.

Maurice Sendak's books were shaped by his own childhood: one marked by the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the concentration camp deaths of most of his extended family, and parents consumed by depression and anger.

Jordan Clarkson and Kyle Kuzma made the cut, but Chandler Parsons did not. Tough.

Every child under the age of five in California is now qualified to receive a free book in the mail every month, thanks to the state's expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Here, in no particular order, are just a few of history’s most influential tomes—and how they made humanity look at things in a new light.

The best children’s books of all time include works by J.R.R. Tolkien, Maurice Sendak, Louisa May Alcott, and more.