A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

In high school, I dreaded reading George Orwell's Animal Farm. I remember hearing the upperclassmen complain about how boring they thought it was, and I nodded along. After all, it was about animals, ...

Among the many entertaining, delightful, poignant, and treasured new works of fiction and nonfiction that were published this year, the very best offered fresh perspective and a strong voice to cut ...

There is something extraordinarily magical when a child first learns to read. The important thing to keep in mind to encourage young kids is to make certain the books are not too difficult. If a child ...

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? When villainy threatens the Saubers family, they fortunately hit the radar of an eccentric trio (also from the first book): Ex-cop Bill Hodges, tech ...

Kids can begin coding as young as five to seven years old. They can start with visual drag and drop programming and then move on to learn more advanced program languages such as Python. There are many ...

Kids are hard work at any age, but it’s especially intense when they are toddlers. My girls were ages 1 and 2 when I left my ex. It was tough. But for what it’s worth, I think getting divorced when my ...