The best science fiction books for kids are engaging stories with cool scientific aspects and interesting characters. As for me, I love reading science fiction, and even more, ...

Kids who feel unable to express their authentic identity might feel less so after reading about what fictional trans kids are doing, especially if those characters successfully overcome problems and ...

On this week's traveling book club, the librarians in Lost Nation, Iowa, have a book for kids, an adult fiction mystery and a ...

Flash fiction by Weike Wang: “I want a happy ending,” the mother says, folding up the story and setting it on her nightstand. “You don’t know how to write happy.” ...

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.

Dawn Shipman will be reading from her young adult fantasy novel, “Kingdom Lost,” the first in her Lost Stones of Argonia ...

Key points. Social and emotional learning has garnered increased attention in schools. Reading fiction can affect children's theory of mind, empathy, self-regulation, & need for cognitive closure.

Fiction books demand sustained attention. When children read a story, they must follow the plot, connect with characters, and process the story arc.

Comment Best science books and science fiction stories for kids. From brightly coloured baby books about frogs to early ecology for 10-year-olds and dark teen sci-fi set on the ocean floor, here ...