When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

Losing yourself in a great book is the ultimate form of escapism, especially if you struggle with a stressed-out mind. The ability of words to transport your brain to another world entirely is magical ...

"Leaders are losing critical thinking to AI and scrolling. Reading rebuilds it. A practical guide to starting and protecting ...

As our communities wrestle with loneliness, pleasure reading and the libraries that sustain it offers an affordable path to ...

Reading with children can help them develop social-emotional skills by exploring themes like emotions, empathy, and relationships. Social-emotional learning (SEL) helps children understand and manage ...

When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

“Is your baby smiling at you?” “Has your baby started crawling?” “Are they babbling?” “Can they wave and play peek-a-boo?” These are the questions I frequently ask parents of my patients as I observe ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...