Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real. But reading for pleasure also helps ...

After crunching numbers, a team from University College London and the University of Florida found that the number of Americans who read books for fun on any given day fell 40 percent between 2003 and ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Amid a national push to reduce screen time in schools, elementary and middle school students report less of their free time is spent reading. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

SCHENECTADY — Reading Is Fun founder Al Magid’s fascination with books started before he could understand the words within them. His mother loved reading, but they didn’t have many books in the house ...