A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? When villainy threatens the Saubers family, they fortunately hit the radar of an eccentric trio (also from the first book): Ex-cop Bill Hodges, tech ...

In high school, I dreaded reading George Orwell's Animal Farm. I remember hearing the upperclassmen complain about how boring they thought it was, and I nodded along. After all, it was about animals, ...

There is something extraordinarily magical when a child first learns to read. The important thing to keep in mind to encourage young kids is to make certain the books are not too difficult. If a child ...

Financial independence is a goal that many strive for, yet few achieve due to complex advice, risky investments, and misleading get-rich-quick schemes. The road to wealth doesn’t have to be confusing, ...

What counts as a book these days, in a world of Kindles, Nooks and iPads — and eager talk about new platforms and distribution methods? Traditional publishers are traveling a long and confusing road ...