Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. A May-December friendship, a gripping marital mystery and self-improvement for ...

Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to an assessment by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The study, released on ...

In this dataset, the researchers found that middle children had the highest scores for honesty/humility and for agreeableness, followed by youngest siblings, then oldest, then only children.

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When I taught high-school English, I loved planning out the syllabus, book by book ... a neighbor pouring warm milk over her children’s cereal, the modest letters his five daughters send ...

by Mo Willems This is the holiday edition of the beloved series that brought you the classic children’s book “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” In this 2023 picture book, the Pigeon ...

(Laura Battle, FT) "Funny, tender and deeply moving... [it] brought me more pleasure than any other book this year." (Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times) The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke ...

A good book is escapist. But at its strongest ... yearns to read and teaches enslaved children to dilute their language to pacify white slaveowners as a safety measure. “James” was a ...

The holiday season is a magical time for families and reading festive children’s books offers more than just entertainment—they create opportunities for bonding, spark meaningful conversations ...

Check out our roundup of notable 2024 Best Books lists. Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s and YA Books of 2024.