6 February 2012, 6:12 pm
The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 5:24 pm
When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there’s a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 4:29 pm
Writing books on finance is one thing; reading them is another.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 2:59 pm
Just in time for the 200th birthday of Dickens, there are three new illustrated books based on his life and the books he wrote. ●“ Charles Dickens: England’s Most Captivating Storyteller ” by Catherine Wells-Cole (Templar Books $19.99), uses pictures from his original books and photos and ot... Read More »
6 February 2012, 11:20 am
Alan Jacobs has a succinct piece at The Atlantic today about the superiority of e-books to print when it comes to the use of a book as a tool. Here's what I think is the best snippet from the piece, though I highly recommend that you read it in full. For instance, consider these facts: (a) Readi... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:57 am
The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth has prompted Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to get his cabinet colleagues in the mood to celebrate one of Britain's greatest writers.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 5:15 am
When Reading Rainbow ended its 26-year run in 2009, it left behind decades of preschoolers for whom its theme song will forever surface waves of nostalgia:... Read More »
6 February 2012, 4:36 am
Can Kevin Kelly and Nick Carr both be right? A plausible thought about the future of the book. Nick Carr likes the fixities of the printed book ; Kevin Kelly agrees that "these are very real, and ...... Read More »
5 February 2012, 10:42 pm
Temeah Harrelson is the librarian at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, but it's not hard for her to picture a school library with no books. Last spring, Pleasant Valley Elementary purchased 30 Kindle electronic reading devices.... Read More »
5 February 2012, 7:30 am
Every time you read to a toddler you expand the child’s intellect. Reading builds vocabulary at an incredible rate. Reading builds comprehension, attention to detail, and an understanding of how much can be learned from a book. The list goes on and on.... Read More »
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