If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

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Reading every day can help people live longer and healthier lives. Reading before bed can improve sleep quality and help with relaxation. Reading has many positive health benefits. Reading every day ...

They say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but around these parts, we know nothing tops the launch of the annual Popsugar Reading Challenge — our take on a virtual book club that ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Some 343,920 learners from Grades 1 to 10 in Eastern Visayas will be covered by the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program, to assist struggling readers this academic year. The ...

READING. School children learning to read inside a classroom in Palo, Leyte, in this undated photo. Some 343,920 learners from Grades 1 to 10 in Eastern Visayas will be covered by the Academic ...

A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher Scholastic, he helped design and execute the ...

Another study that takes a stab at trying to determine how much, or how little, Americans read has been released. The new report looked how reading for pleasure and reading with children fared between ...

Reading for pleasure in the U.S. fell 40% over two decades, the study found. Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the past ...