Stine has also cited the 1945 movie Dead of Night, about a ventriloquist who has a dummy that comes to life, as being particularly formative on his signature character, Slappy. So was a chapter in the ...

9 Story Media Group and Scholastic Entertainment’s joint slate of new kids’ and family programming includes Dragon Girls, an adaptation of the Scholastic book series by Maddy Mara. The 52×11-minute ...

If you were an avid reader as a child, you may remember taking an awestruck stroll through the Scholastic Book Fair, cracking open a brand new book, and getting to take it home yourself. Nostalgic for ...

An Ohio pastor was charged with child rape two years after he opposed a book series he said wrongfully encouraged children to "explore their sexuality." Silas Shelton, 52, who lives in Warren County ...

Before Sebastian Castillo cracks open a book on the bus, he has an intrusive thought: Should he tap the stranger next to him on the shoulder and clarify that yes, he’s starting this book on Page 1, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Highly acclaimed sportswriter and New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman has covered a lot throughout his career. Through it all, the Mahopac, New York native has ...

It has been another banner year for literary horror. Somehow, as the world gets scarier, the writers penning our nightmares still manage to keep up. What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood ...

For something that happens mostly alone and in silence, reading can be surprisingly intimate. Our favorite books reveal our interests, inspire the way we think, and offer storylines and fantasies we ...

Across the nearly 400 pages of his new book Erdem (Rizzoli), designer Erdem Moralioglu spins narratives just as he does when he’s backstage explaining his latest collection, which is to say: ...

The average school district in Dallas and Collin Counties are waiting on 2,900 books.

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Travel search engine Kayak will now allow users to research trips ahead of booking using AI. The company this week launched an “AI Mode” feature that lets users ask travel-related questions as well as ...