As kids head back to school, area pediatricians and librarians are encouraging parents and caregivers to help younger children embrace a love of reading. In some cases, that task may be an uphill ...

Asher Freije, a Scholastic Kids reporter, highlights the importance of reading for children amidst the dominance of screens in their daily lives. Freije, who is part of the Scholastic Kids Press, ...

"The amount of people reading aloud to their kids and kids reading for pleasure has dropped substantially," Tigges reports.

Research has found that reading consistently can improve memory, reduce stress, and may even be linked to a longer lifespan.

Albert Einstein once said, “The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” If you haven’t been to our Grand Island Public Library for a while, maybe it’s time to make that ...

Music lessons improve reading by boosting sound awareness and helping children process speech more effectively.

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to young children is a pleasurable activity in itself, but it also lays the ...

People truly are reading less these days, especially for fun. It’s the central concern of a new study published in iScience that’s quantified just how much less reading people in the U.S. have been ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The benefits of reading to children from birth are far-reaching, and now Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo is joining hundreds of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the ...