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Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) is going from politics to the page, leaving the thrills and chills of Congress to release a historical spy novel. “When I was in Congress, my therapy was ...

Young children's brains are not equipped to cope with too much stimulation and instead thrive on 'simplicity according to an University of East London Professor.

The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era By Anoosh Chakelian It’s quarter past seven in the evening, the blackout blind is down and my ...

In April 2025, HarperCollins published a study revealing that less than half of parents—41 percent—read aloud to their kids regularly, citing a lack of enjoyment in the routine. It’s a stunning ...

And your turd can sing. Paul McCartney and his then-wife Linda McCartney reportedly mailed a music critic their baby daughter’s turd following a negative concert review in the early 1970s. Wings ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

NICU nurse Victoria has seen a lot in her career — including bad baby names. One night, when she was “bored,” she posted a TikTok video asking others in her line of work to share the strangest ...

Working with ChatGPT to create a custom children's book was an exercise in a lot of back and forth to get it right -- and a second tool to put it all together. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist ...

Laments about the state of education are arguably as old as education is, or close to it. And they’ve always been a waste of time. That’s because knowledge isn’t bestowed on us as much as it’s created ...