Jennifer Power, at left, who teaches language arts at Montessori Academy for Peace in Decatur, talks with student Addison ...

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Through her descriptive language, flair for supporting, relevant facts, and wonderfully rounded characters, readers will ...

For Kaylee McKenzie, Eva Wolfe and Joslynn Reese, all 13 years old and eighth grade students at Wellsville Jr. Sr. High School, writing is therapeutic and a means of release for them and a way for ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so ...

A follower of Emerson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson became a passionate abolitionist and supporter of John Brown.

"Onyx Storm" author Rebecca Yarros breaks down the ending of her latest book, plans for Book 4 release and the "Fourth Wing" TV series.

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Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in February.

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.