COMMENTARY: From medical studies to classic Catholic stories, evidence abounds: reading aloud is one of the most powerful ...

But I should admit that I also dislike the books that trigger my AI radar—that uncanny-valley tingle you get when something ...

A growing share of young people now use captions or subtitles when streaming TV shows or movies. Even companies once defined by print, like The New York Times and other major publishers, now offer ...

Reading. It’s a building block toward learning and understanding. But not enough young people are trying to learn how to read. New federal testing data shows that reading scores of teens in the U.S.

Helen Haraldsen, known as The Writer in Wellies, has been delivering The Children’s Literacy Charity’s Reader Leader programme in ...

New federal testing data shows that reading scores of teens in the U.S. are lower than they have been in decades.

A new generation is missing out on reading aloud. Here's how parents can tap into the joy and connection of reading together.

Trevor Noah has been nominated for a 2026 Grammy in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording.

Hollywood’s box office is experiencing another dismal year. Fewer television shows are receiving greenlights. And productions are fleeing California for Canada. So how can A-listers find reliable ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Ilana Kurshan is so obsessively determined a reader that when she was in labor with her first child she passed the time between contractions by immersing herself in a book. Naturally, she began ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...