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20 Essential Books Recommended by Oprah’s Book Club
Biography via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Best Books from Oprah's Book ClubBiography When Oprah talks, we listen. Oprah’s Book Club, helmed by the one-and-only Oprah Winfrey herself, has put...
The 15 most banned books in America this school year
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMaia Kobabe with her book "Gender Queer: A Memoir" at North Sonoma Regional Park in Santa Rosa. (Josh Edelson / For the Times) The recent surge in book...
Santa thinks you should add some Vermont-related books to your holiday wish list
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJohn Steinbeck knew what he was talking about. The Nobel Prize-winning author of “Grapes of Wrath,”...
Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDecades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over...
"I Never Enjoyed Reading Until I Finally Picked Up This Book:" People Are Sharing The Books That Had...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYou've probably read a whole bunch of books at different stages of your life, and chances are some...
20 Incredible Facts About The Books You Were Forced To Read In School
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRemember those "required reading" books you picked up for English class? Whether you read them...
These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHigh school students have studied many of the same books for generations. Is it time for a change?...
11 books to read during Hispanic Heritage Month
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto illustration by Jerome Adamstein / Los Angeles Times (MCD x FSG Originals; Henry Holt; Catapult; Arte Publico Press) When I was a high school...
Book bans are on the rise. What are the most banned books and why?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBanned books are not new, but they have gained new relevance in an escalating culture war that puts...
A parent challenged 444 books in Elkhorn. Here's how the district responded.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn November, a parent took a small Southeast Wisconsin school district by surprise when she called...