Hoffman Estates-based GiGi’s Playhouse has been spreading awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome for more than ...

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading.

What exactly makes a comic book expensive? While age and rarity certainly play a role, there are several other factors that ...

Do your kids love magical realism middle grade books? Magical realism books for tweens are realistic (ish) stories with ...

In others, a young person on the spectrum drives the action, fighting desperados in the Wild West, solving a mystery in London, or trying to win a basketball game in fifth grade. These novels not only ...

“Sons and Daughters,” Chaim Grade’s serialized novel about Jewish life in 1930s Europe, has been published in English for the first time. The crew in Colum McCann’s new book makes complex ...

Justin Strawser/The Daily Item Guest artist Curtis Beachel teaches fourth grade students how to draw cartoons and comic book ...

The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America ...

From books with main characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender or who are exploring their gender identity or sexual orientation to stories of kids and teens with queer friends or ...

Original mixed-media art for box lids of 1966 Aurora model kits for Captain America, and The Incredible Hulk (by Neal Adams). Note: Model kit boxe ...

A thrilling reading experience awaits youngsters at the 16th annual Children’s Book Festival. The two-day festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29 and 30 at Bottle Works, 411 Third Ave., ...

Ryan Howard was one of Major League Baseball’s premier hitters, winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2005 ...