calm activity -- is a cherished ritual for many parents and their kids. Next time you're ready to curl up together, try one of our favorite read-aloud books, from gentle picture books for little ones ...

Just be ready for it to evolve into some stomping and maybe some dinosaur battles if you have siblings. This book is 16 pages long and is suitable for children aged one to five years. Unfortunately, ...

Well-known author Jaco Jacobs believes in reading stories aloud to children. Photo: Facebook/Jaco Jacobs Jacobs is a popular and prolific author of Afrikaans children’s books. He has published ...

Spud author John van de Ruit did it for World Read Aloud Day. He reads from All That I Am (Pan Macmillan), a vibrant tapestry of South African culture featuring a collection of songs and poems ...

Sometimes a good scare is just the thing. These horror stories are deliciously spooky without being too terrifying -- perfect for a fall night by the fire! But it doesn't need to be Halloween time for ...

Celebrate the season of love with our carefully curated collection of 50 Valentine’s Day books that will ... family can enjoy. Kids of all ages come together for read-aloud time and happily ...

By Donna Barba Higuera Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexic ...

Even if we are aware that dinosaurs did once wander the world, it’s amusing to mix the realistic and imaginative. After all, dinosaurs are already very fantastical by nature.

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

If we nurture the awe in children, we will nurture future artists, environmentalists, botanists, composers, singers, and ...