Get Out Your Bookmarks — Hotels Celebrate National Reading Month! in Reading

Luxury Hotels Encourage Bedside Reading By Offering Free Books

For a reader, there is nothing worse than finishing a book mid-trip and having nothing else to read. If you stay at one of the luxury hotels offering Bedside Reading, though, you'll never have to ...

Get Out Your Bookmarks — Hotels Celebrate National Reading Month!

There's nothing quite like curling up with a good book — in the luxury and privacy of a great hotel. Sure, curling up in your own bed with a good book is always high on everyone’s list — but you can ...

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

New data from the Education Department shows double-digit percentage point drops in the shares of 9- and 13-year-olds who ...

Silent reading clubs are giving like-minded bookworms a brain boost

People are throwing parties in an effort to read more for fun. The meet-ups are more than a social activity or a way to ...

More Teacher-Preparation Programs Follow the ‘Science of Reading.’ But Some Still Lag

A majority of teacher-preparation programs now give aspiring educators opportunities to practice all essential components of ...

Welcome to What We’re Reading

What was the last good thing you read? I get asked this a lot when people learn that I edit book reviews for a living. It can ...

Your (Totally Relatable) Reading Quirks Explained by Science

Bookworms’ reading quirks are more common than you’d think. (We’re looking at you, page sniffers and back-to-front flippers!) As the daughter of a librarian, I grew up surrounded by books. My mother ...

How Family Reading Time Can Help Older Students Thrive

At a time when rates of reading for pleasure are down nationwide and policymakers are beginning to brainstorm ways to help ...

Health Benefits of Reading Books

Levels of stress, depression, and anxiety are especially high in today’s hectic world. It can be hard to find time for self-care and especially hard to find time for leisure activities like reading.

Reading to Children: Why It’s So Important and How to Start

Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments. It’s true! Even during story time, their minds are at work, taking in all the language they hear and ...