First Stage's new musical puts characters from Mo Willems' popular picture books about The Pigeon on stage for a high-energy ...

First Stage brings a world-premiere Mo Willems holiday show to life. Based on the stories and characters by Mo Willems, this ...

In the opening pages of this buoyant picture book, Willems (Knuffle Bunny) informs readers that “for this story” they need only know three things about naked mole rats: “1. They are a little bit rat.

The visits aim to kick off a series of similar events across Pennsylvania to support other Head Start classrooms.

Where an exclamation point conveyed birdy delight in Willems’s The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! this title’s interrobang implies shock at the Duckling’s good fortune. As the sequence opens, the yellow ...

A new generation of readers is missing out on an essential experience: reading aloud with their parents. Here's how parents ...

Events in and around Dallas will start spreading holiday cheer even more this weekend, with over half of the list having a ...

But I should admit that I also dislike the books that trigger my AI radar—that uncanny-valley tingle you get when something ...

Buncombe teacher Terri Michaels released her debut, award-winning children’s book "Pick A Tissue, Not Your Nose", using humor ...

Let us commence with our reading, then, so that the best of what the Beehive State has to yield may be brought more clearly to our gaze. Here is your first card—the Eight of Wands. This is a card of ...

Featuring 276 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: the 200 best children’s and 100 best YA books of 2025, author interviews, and much more One ...

November 24, 2025 • Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great ...