Harry Potter books are removed from a Tennessee school for being Satanic
Don’t you just hate it when you’re innocently performing an Accio summoning spell or trying to cast a Patronus and an evil spirit turns up instead, ready to drag you… Read more »
Children’s books in the UK remain biased against BAME and female characters for yet another year
Back in July 2018 we reported that only 1% of children’s books in the UK depict Black And Minority Ethnic main characters (BAME), and almost a year later, it seems… Read more »
Bucharest opens Arcul de Triumf to visitors for World Book Night
Thousands of residents in Bucharest, Romania, were this week given the rare chance to see inside the city’s Arcul de Triumf for the country’s Open Books Night—part of this year’s World Book Night celebrations… Read more »
Green Day is releasing a book about a spirited, nonconformist young woman
This October, Dey Street Books is publishing “an inspiring homage and handbook for the rebellious everywoman who refuses to capitulate,” co-authored by Green Day and cartoonist Frank Caruso. The book… Read more »
Print books > digital when reading to your kid
A recent New York Times article by Perri Klass briefs readers on a recent study published by the Journal of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan that looked into the… Read more »
Cymru am byth! Welsh-language Braille books included in World Book Day 2019
Bore da!* It seems that Welsh (or Cymraeg)—the Celtic language spoken by our esteemed neighbours over the Severn—is rarely out of the news at the moment. Most recently, Radio 2… Read more »
Is World Book Day becoming too expensive for parents?
When I was eight, I wore a box to school. Just for one day, mind—it was the inaugural World Book Day, in 1995, and I was dressed as Mr. Strong,… Read more »
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library lands in Ireland
Country singer, philanthropist, and actual living legend Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a charity dedicated to giving free books to children, announced this week that she will be expanding the program to… Read more »
McDonald’s to give away Roald Dahl books with Happy Meals
Fast food leviathans McDonald’s—already no strangers to combining books and burgers—announced this week that their New Zealand branches will replace Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books, as part of their latest global… Read more »
A new publisher wants to give away one free book for every book sold
This past year has seen quite a few initiatives dedicated to promoting and celebrating the act of reading. Public schools have tested out book vending machines and PBS launched the Great American… Read more »