We all have cherished memories of the books we read and shared as children. Big friendly giants, honey-loving bears, hungry ...
The Library of Michigan chooses books published the previous year that are about Michigan or the Great Lakes or are written ...
Marcus Chown’s “A Crack in Everything” is a journey through space and time with the people studying one of the most enigmatic ...
Drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator E. H. Shepard have gone on display for the first time in Oxfordshire as part of a new exhibition.
Odyssey is the fourth, and possibly the last, book in Fry’s recounting of Greek myths and also the least faithful to the ...
To remedy that, I’ve found a rather unconventional cure: reading fairy tales. Most recently, it’s been the German writer ...
Everybody likes to complain about winter weather. “Too cold!” “Too warm!” “Not enough snow!” “Too much snow!” “Too windy!” ...
A six-year-old bends over a brightly illustrated story book, lips moving and deep in concentration; two brothers look through Wind in the Willows; while an older boy reads quietly at a bench. This was ...
It’s confession time; I’m an annotator (a person who adds explanatory or critical notes to a text) and often write in the ...
Counties Kerry, Mayo, Sligo, and Dublin were drastically hit when "The Night of the Big Wind" ravaged Ireland in 1839. One of the worst storms in Irish history took place on January 6 ...
What awards has Lee Hall been nominated for? Best Book of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Billy Elliot, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Billy Elliot, Best New Play ...
The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads to cure seasonal blues to novels that transport you to warmer climes, the criteria for a good book is ...