The host of the wildly popular TV show “Adam Ruins Everything” discusses how he uses both physical and digital content available from his local library to help his never-ending quest for knowledge.
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For the past two-and-half years, I have noticed a reading trend with my young adult students. My teen readers can’t get enough of what I call tough topic books. I categorize these as tough topic reads because they are books about overcoming adversity and exploring topics that are controversial.
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James Holzhauer employed several strategies for his incredible run on Jeopardy!, including using children’s books that he checked out from his local public library for research.
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It started innocently enough when I was in grad school. I had a 40-minute commute, and a friend gave me a tape.
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It’s an art form that involves understanding readers’ preferences, mood and prior reading experiences – and how to get them to quickly convey all this.
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Before the written word, stories were passed down through the oral tradition of storytelling. For Liberian-American author Wayétu Moore, the stories of West Africa were her introduction to imaginative worlds and speculative fiction.
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We Need Diverse Books was founded in 2014 to advocate for greater representation in children’s literature.
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