With summer break around the corner, parents are seeking ways to keep young minds sharp and avoid the dreaded summer brain drain. Research says children who read for pleasure and are motivated to read ...

Kids learn to read, and then they read to learn. That’s the saying, at least, and even if the reality is more complicated than that, it’s true that early reading is highly predictive of later-life ...

I cover baby and kids gear after a decade of reporting on parenting. Amazon recently released its very first color Kindle designed for young readers: the Kindle Colorsoft Kids. While my older children ...