Read aloud a poem or story for kids today. You can stage an event ... as this is where vocabulary expansion happens. Should non-fiction texts be used, content-specific words should be discussed.

Daniel Boone Regional Library suggests short-story collections perfect for stretching the mind in smaller doses.

I had only ever been exposed to the typical high school English class short stories. I was traumatized by stories like “The ...

Many authors say that penning a great short story is harder than writing an entire novel. These are the best short stories to ...

Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.

We hear beautiful sentences uttered aloud. We read timeless stories that make us feel less ... of pastries and an offer to read from a book of short reflections by Madeleine L’Engle.

The days of book reports and research projects are long over for most of us. There’s no required reading list for a gr ...

Writer Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum grew up surrounded by words. As children, she and her sister enjoyed falling asleep to their ...