Many of us struggle to focus enough to read a whole book. Neuroscience says that’s terrible news for our brains but offers a ...

Parents often tell their children to sound out the words as they are learning to read. It makes sense: Since they already ...

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 ...