The Miami Public Library is encouraging people to read for pleasure to help improve their mental health, with a challenge to ...

When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading.

After North Carolina school librarian Jenn Miller became a viral sensation on social media, she started Book Blitzes to spread her love of reading with thousands of book donations. Mrs. Miller, along ...

Nine-year-old Tyler Weaver’s love of reading has propelled him to the top of his local public library’s reading club every summer, but his continuous success is causing one librarian to worry about ...

The adage is often that the library serves “from the cradle to the grave,” but I prefer “from twinkle to wrinkle.” I’d love to share with you the important role the library can play in supporting ...

Many academic librarians wonder how to get more students into campus libraries. At the University of Florida’s (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainesville, we’ve had success by bringing the ...

Reading Rainbow, a program that launched in 1983 to encourage children to read, will be getting a reboot after nearly 20 years, with new host Mychal Threets. The show originally launched as a summer ...

The library says it has been supporting more than 100 primary school pupils each academic year.

Summer is almost here and that means school is out and the weather is hot. Looking for something fun to do or a cool escape? Check out what the Pflugerville Public Library has to offer! On Sunday, ...

Mychal "The Librarian' Threets brings content creation and library knowledge to the show. Reading Rainbow is being revived on YouTube with a new host, the beloved internet and real-life librarian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portrait of Mychal Threets, host of the rebooted version of "Reading Rainbow." (Santiago Mejia/S.F. Chronicle) As a young ...

Reading Rainbow is being revived on YouTube with a new host, the beloved internet and real-life librarian Mychal Threets. The new iteration of Reading Rainbow will appear as a digital series on ...