A popular diagram for teaching plot structure to middle and high school students looks like a mountain, mapping out exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It’s an apt ...

Reading is among the earliest skills children learn in school, and for good reason. Research indicates that reading is a critical aspect of learning and supporting cognitive health throughout life.

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

Novels are a large part of FVHS’s English classes, yet in world language classes, books play a very small part of the curriculum, and the classes focus on more short stories or texts. So why are there ...

Multilingual elementary and junior high students throughout Santa Barbara County competed in a battle of literary wit at the ...

To prepare the next generation for success, we must prioritize early literacy. It starts simply with a book and time together ...