“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” starts in true “Game of Thrones” melodrama. A lone knight buries his mentor, mourning in pouring rain. He picks up his sword, studies it, points it at the camera. He ...

Brontë’s classic has long been a favorite among readers, and this February the novel is getting a new film adaptation directed by Emerald Fennell, and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. The ...

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.

The book’s genesis, Montgomery says, came when visiting a former plantation in South Carolina. She wasn’t looking forward to ...

With an ever-changing array of funky earrings and crazy giant glasses, local actor Pam McGinnis engages youngsters, entertaining and educating as she reads popular children’s books aloud. She talks ...

Fredrik Backman has far and away earned a reputation as a writer whose works can be trusted to both entertain and make one think.

The author and illustrator discussed her acclaimed book on NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast ...

At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to ...