For example, my favorite books in the whole world are Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Cat's Cradle (also by Vonnegut). I put off reading them for most of my life because based on the descriptions I thought they …

It’s a true story about a man’s walk from a prison camp in Siberia and back into civilization. And, although I enjoyed it, I would have rather it been written in the style of Life of Pi, for it seemed like some of it might have been written in that style already… or he was [...]

Having five children who love books is wonderful. Some days is seems like every surface in our house is covered in board books, easy readers and young adult literature of some kind or another. But while I realize there are far worse things, coming to terms with all of these books and the storage they [...]

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers features our core list of picture books and hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction for middle grade and young adult readers; LB Kids produces novelty and brand/licensed tie-ins; and Poppy publishes paperback original series for teen girls. We have launched several bestselling series, including Marc Brown’s Arthur, Matt Christopher’s [...]

The awesome Jordyn from Ten Cent Notes created a delightful post yesterday entitled “All the Books,” in which she wrote about things she’s reading now, about to read, book events she’s attended recently, and all that other book-related jazz. Because Jordyn creations always make for fun posts, and because the title reminds me of the [...]

By Paul Biba From Boston.com: The Milton Library announced this week that it has joined ‘Freading,’ an electronic book service. Freading will allow the library to increase the size of its collection by adding thousands of books to the library website, a news release said. Any Milton resident with a library card can download books [...]

The start time was in the beginning of 0:30, but between one thing and another, ended up starting with a quarter of an hour late. Participants take their seats, both as translator and Francesco Eva Rubio, manager of Youth Romantic and conducting the presentation. Eva starts recommending novels and explains because he likes and [...]

PHOTOS: Festival of Books “Life is boring,” said Melissa de la Cruz, author of the Hamptons occult-noir “Witches of East End.” “In these books, you get action, adventure, forbidden love. It’s why we all look forward to ‘Game of Thrones’ day, right?” The packed crowd absolutely conceded that last point, as [...]

Here’s a humdinger of a story from the Scottish crime novelist Philip Kerr about a research trip to Russia following some local cops with whom he thought he had built a good rapport. “The cop was always joking – “So you are British spy, yes?’ I always told him, ‘Of course [...]