Scripps Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde is adding a new title to her impressive list of accomplishments: children’s book author.
First-day sales of "Spare" topped 1.4M copies, including hardcover, audiobook and e-book editions sold in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
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Merriam-Webster announced its most-searched words of 2022 today. 'Gaslighting' was named the top word over 'endemic,' 'omicron' and 'queen consort.'
Many residents of Jamestown, Michigan depend on the town's library to homeschool children, but that resource is set to run out of money.
'The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary' was last updated in 2018 through a longstanding partnership between Hasbro and Merriam-Webster.
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The Swedish Academy said French author Annie Ernaux, 82, was recognized for "the courage and clinical acuity" of her writing.
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Former President Trump's longtime personal attorney talked to Newsy about what he says are Trump's delay tactics to slow pending investigations.
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McCullough died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts, less than two months after his beloved wife, Rosalee.
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King will be a witness for the Justice Department in a bid to block the proposed merger of top publishers Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.
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Black Wordschoolers is a bookmobile filled with stories from Black authors. It's helping students learn to repel stereotypes and raise literacy rates.
During the pandemic a hashtag on TikTok known as BookTok started trending, prompting book recommendations, reviews and discussions.
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Efforts to ban books are happening both at the local and state level.
| Scripps News Staff and Meg Hilling
President Biden also called for increasing teacher pay — a position that draws broad bipartisan support.
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April and Malik Muhammad own two locations of Malik Books, which have seen a boost in business after the police-involved murder of George Floyd.
Hundreds of books have already been pulled from libraries across Texas for review, some over the objections of educators.
Graphic novel sales boomed last year, with some saying the pandemic led readers to the genre.
Graphic novels have been the target for some book bans across the country, and some point to the works' political commentary as the reason.
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A Tulsa, Okla., mother and son pair spent the pandemic recording Black history for the next generation.
| Julie Chin and KJRH
Book bans are nothing new; it's a war that's been waged in libraries across America for decades.
| Diana Zito
One woman was unaware her own family played an important role in Tennessee's Black history.
| Forrest Sanders and WTVF
The actor and author spoke with Newsy's Chance Seales about the conversations that inspired him to write "Why?"
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People are concerned about a possible nationwide book shortage.
Librarian Rodney Freeman wrote a book called, "Daddy Let's Play," to highlight the bond between Black fathers and daughters.
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The author, Dav Pilkey, has apologized for including "harmful racial stereotypes" in the book.
| Robin Dich
She's known for sharing her childhood memories with millions of people through characters including Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins.
| Johannah Grenaway
Books and organizations are giving girls platforms to talk about their everyday lives.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises says the books "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong." Newsy's Lauren Magarino explains why, Seuss-style.
The books have been criticized for how they depict certain minority groups.
| Gage Jackson
Dr. Abigail Hardin says preparedness kit, important documents, care instruction should be arranged ahead of illness.
Conservative book producer Regnery struck a deal with Hawley after another publisher dumped him amid backlash over the Capitol riot.
The company launched to help local bookstores compete against Amazon. Now it's helping booksellers survive COVID-19.
Newsy spoke to three independent bookstores across the country to learn more about how the pandemic has affected their business.
Newsy talked to authors with books being released in April about how they're coping and restrategizing.
Clark penned more than 40 best-selling suspense novels.
| LeeAnne Lowry
