Category: reading

A Generation of Readers

Since World War II, pollsters and the American people have categorized generations using slang terms and dates. The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z, and now the latest addition, Generation Alpha, or Gen Alpha, are commonly used designations for those born within the same two decades or so. In a related issue—we’ll…


The Bad News Is the Good News for Parents

I’m a Brussels sprouts before the cheesecake kind of guy, so let’s get the bad news out of the way first: You’re responsible for your children’s education. It doesn’t matter what school your son or daughter attends—a mediocre public school, the best private academy in the city, or homeschool—you’re the one who bears the weight…


How to Connect Teens With Good Books

Lately, I’ve been reading from M.F.K. Fisher’s “The Art of Eating.” I say “from” because this thick volume contains five books that Fisher wrote on cooking and dining. And her prose is as exquisite as the dishes she recommends. While reading this book, the thought suddenly hit me: Why aren’t our students reading this sort…


6 Tips to Help Your Kids Fall in Love With Reading

My mother, Virginia, loved to read, and as the saying goes: like mother, like daughter. When I was 5 years old, she took me to get my first library card—a treasure that led to a lifelong love for reading. Our regular excursions to the library were nothing short of adventures. When I became a mother,…


US Chamber of Commerce Warns of Long-Term Economic Losses From Plunging Child Test Scores

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce signaled the alarm after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently revealed the grim performance of fourth- and eighth-grade American students in math and reading as test scores declined in the single largest drop since record keeping began in 1992. “This is a wakeup call for our country—for policymakers,…


Thailand Nature | Simple Happiness Episode 42

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The Early Worm Gets the Bird (1940)

Mammy blackbird puts her three little ones to bed, but one of them stays up reading “The Early Bird Catches the Worm.” Mammy throws the book out the window and warns the little ones about the fox, which will surely get them if they try to be an early bird. Credit: Public Domain Movies –…


Good Reading Is the Cure for Gullibility

The other day, a friend of mine posted on social media a picture of her three children, sitting in the living room, each with a nose in a book. She was having a proud mom moment, noting that she couldn’t believe the day had finally come when all her children were able to read on…


Harry Potter Publisher Hands out Meaty Dividend After Bumper Profits

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc on Wednesday reported a 40 percent jump in annual profit and raised its final dividend payout by about a quarter, buoyed by a reading boom which stayed even after the pandemic lockdowns. The London-listed publisher, best known for picking up J.K. Rowling’s Potter series in 1997 after its rejection by a dozen…


Books May Be the Answer to Fighting Cancer Brain Fog

Researchers from the University of South Australia are studying the potential effect of bibliotherapy, or being read to, by investigating the possibility of fictional reading as a form of “escape” for cancer patients. “There is something to be said for losing yourself in a book and escaping reality for a while, particularly for people who…