A brilliantly written novel in verse, “To Stay Alive” portrays a vivid, emotional picture of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.

can threaten children’s lives and disrupt infrastructure critical to children’s well-being. Power-outages due to cold weather can create even more challenges for staying safe and warm. Here, our ...

Balanced literacy prompts children to learn words encountered in authentic literature during guided, teacher-led read-alouds—versus learning how to decode words in word lists. Teachers use ...

Within seconds, Julia says she was facing a parent's worst nightmare.She, her boyfriend, and the four kids between them, took ...

As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the devices and pick up a book, a simple ...

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford and Moral Ambition by Rutger BregmanA debut about ...

Palestinians in Gaza mourned the passing of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, on ...

When kids get a strong foundation of general knowledge at an early age, doors open to innumerable opportunities both in education and in life. Learning about global events, diverse cultures ...

I freeze -- because our children are so young. They’re just 3 and 5 years old. They still crawl into our bed in the middle of the night, ask us to read bedtime stories together and light up when ...

As the cooler months approach, Cape Town’s public swimming pools are closing for their annual winter maintenance. With the exception of the public indoor ... So until then, here’s a list of things to ...