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But when Joe Whale got told off by teachers for drawing all over his maths book, his parents decided to nurture his creative talent and enrolled him into an art class. After some of his pictures ...

One of the male sexual organ’s main roles is to make procreation happen, but the penis also has cultural significance. Here ...

The best "SpongeBob SquarePants" villains include existential threats, local bullies, a serial killer, and the owners of a ...

Students' reading scores have hit record lows, with boys' scores falling furthest. Pleasure reading could help.

A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 ...

On Jan. 27, nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of 23 picture book titles that most frequently banned during ...

The Rules of Culture, Volume 1' is Cohen’s first acquisition for his imprint at the Crown Publishing Group, a division of ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

By Alida Becker Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online ... further publication of his “Anansi Boys” series. A writer and his daughter ...

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal ...

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