Books

"Another Brooklyn" by Jacqueline Woodson is Philadelphia's choice for the next citywide reading program.

“Buck,” a gritty coming-of-age tale about one young man’s evolution from thug to scholar, was published in 2013 and praised by critics for its honesty and poetic language.

BOB SCHIEFFER has been a journalist for CBS News for nearly 50 y ...

Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War" reminds me yet again why it is so vital for refugees to tell our stories in our own words and on our own terms.

VAN JONES, CNN political contributor, host and longtime social activist, has been ...

E.J. DIONNE JR. and ...

The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.

Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mothe ...

Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.

Novelist Salman Rushdie may be best known for his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which forced him into hiding after Iran’s Ay ...

Guest: Salman Rushdie SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel, ...

Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.

Guest: Stephen Greenblatt STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame ...

Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t ...

A county library years in the making came to fruition Tuesday.   Adults and children were greeted by the smell of new ...