Books

Saturday hours could be on their way as early as this winter.

The book has lulled children around the world to sleep with its dreamy ritual of bidding "goodnight" to everything in the "great green room."

By the time kids reach the fourth grade, the function of reading shifts, and young students in Philadelphia are behind. A new nonprofit aims to bridge the gap.

A new book is written from the witty, sharp, sometimes self-indulgent perspective of our Milky Way galaxy, detailing what it's like to look down on tiny planet Earth.

In his 2017 book, Dan Rather asks, “when did we accept a can’t-do spirit from so many of our national leaders?” We revisit our interview from the Radio Times archive.

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.

In her book, author Monica Guzman writes that we need to ask more questions of each other, to get fearlessly curious and reach the enlightening moment of understanding.

Black, gay, and heavy superheroes save an Afrofuturistic Philly in the new Alex Smith/James Dillenbeck comic "Black Vans."

An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

His agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

Catherine Price, author of "The Power of Fun," on the importance of having fun and how we can incorporate it into our lives so we're happier, healthier and more connected.

Urban wildlife exists all around us, and Bernard Brown is on a mission to get people to enjoy it with his new book, “Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons."

Journalist and author Mark Leibovich talks about his new book, "Thank You For Your Servitude," about the sycophants who enabled Donald Trump.