When her daughter Kennedy was young, Jazmyn Simon would say affirmations with the child each day in hopes it would help develop her confidence and self-esteem. “I thought, ‘Well, this seems like it ...

Kids often imagine they’re racing cars in the next NASCAR cup series or that they’re going to their secret treehouse layer to hide from villains, but 6-year-old Anthony Minutillo dreamed of writing a ...

It’s fair to say that when Pat Benatar and her then-future husband Neil Giraldo were in the studio during the summer of 1979 to record her debut album, In the Heat of the Night, the idea of a children ...

When most people talk about a book changing their life, they’re talking about a book they read — a book that changed their perspective or way of thinking. But for many authors, writing a book can be ...

Grandmothers come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, ages and personalities. This universal truth is celebrated in a new children's book. Prominent Topeka grandmothers Connie Mason Michaelis and ...

British author Martin Amis, in his usual adorable self-depreciating way, recently managed to insult a great many children and those who write for children. He is quoted as having said (on the BBC's ...

(RNS) — Since childhood, I’ve been a regular target of ignorance and bigotry. My experience contributed to my becoming a scholar of history and religion, but more than that, it has given me a clearer ...

CHARLTON — As part of her and her sister's efforts raising money for the Pan-Mass Challenge and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 16-year-old Clara Dowdle of Charlton wrote a children's book inspired ...