Segal, who died in 2024 at the age of 96, was only one year younger than Anne Frank, and grew up to become the kind of writer Anne too might have become had she not died in Bergen-Belsen.

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.

J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter series of books is a global favorite fantasy fiction. It has been adapted into the famous Harry Potter series of films by Warner Brothers and is a massive hit. For ...

Sharon Stone said a group of attendees at the Astra Film Awards on Jan. 9 asked her "Who are you and why are you sitting here?" before she received an award Kevin Winter/Getty Sharon Stone shared some ...

Stone said the attendees didn't recognize who she was when accusing her of taking the chair, and then used her on-stage appearance to expose their actions. Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at ...

Sharon Stone’s basic instinct was to set the record straight. The actress, 67, gave a cheeky speech while accepting the career achievement award at the 2026 Astra Awards on Friday. In an online video ...

Raising boys who respect women is increasingly part of a broader cultural conversation around gender equality and healthy relationships. Research shows that early reading plays a measurable role in ...

At one point or another, every parent has sat down for a family movie night and proceeded to spend the next hour tracking down the perfect film, especially a good Christmas movie for kids. As a parent ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Jennifer Krauss Jennifer Krauss ...

There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature. It is that the placing of words and brushstrokes, the arranging of every publishing deal and the selling and buying of every book, is ...

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship. By Hannah Kingsley-Ma There are few books my nephew and I agree on. This is because ...