Tag: READING

Each time something new comes out of the same old tales. It’s as though some stories are so true that they never die. They begin and end with the same types and characters, but there is always something new to find each time I sit with them – as though each character is alive and active in a way that defies time. 

For children to love reading again, they must be shown and learn how to love life – real, embodied life, as God has given it, with all its difficult delights. 

“BookTok,” a TikTok term that refers to a community of mostly women who read dark, sexually-explicit fantasy novels, is anything but a return to literacy. 

The Alabama Public Library System (APLS) paused funding to the Fairhope Public Library Thursday receiving concerns over inappropriate material being offered in the teen section.

If nothing else, we should read if only to prevent our society from going down the drain.

When we share books with our children, we’re not only giving them wings. We’re giving them dreams as well.

As you plan your reading for 2024, here are some suggestions of new books and not-yet-well-known books, all of them either about Alabama or by Alabama writers:

House Education Policy Committee chairwoman State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) is all-in on the recent adjustment to third-grade reading tests for Alabama students.

Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey addressed legislators who serve on the budget committees on the state of education...