Five new counting books all share one essential strategy: to start a conversation. By Amy Alznauer A counting book is tricky to write, for it must inspire readers to do two things at once: to count ...
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Last year, I read something like 40 books, not counting all of the titles I picked up and ...
PITTSBURGH — This week, the American Library Association announced its theme for this year’s Banned Books Week: “Let Freedom Read.” That announcement comes at a time when more and more books are being ...
More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one. By Alexandra Alter Book bans in public schools continued to surge in the first half of this school ...