Louis Sachar, the author of Holes and the Wayside School series, has spent nearly half a century writing books for kids. And he was originally going to continue that streak with his new novel, The ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. The books follow a team of bat-swinging, ...

Miriam Udel's "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature" shows how stories shaped a Jewish identity for young people.

Students at Springfield’s Westport School have some new writing skills after a recent author visit. Jarrett Lerner of ...

Remember writing essays in high school? Chances are you had to look up stuff in an encyclopedia — an actual one, not Wikipedia — or else connect to AOL via a modem bigger than your parents’ Taurus ...

INSPIRING ACTIONS: Local K-12 students are invited to create art and writing for possible publication in the 2025 Mountain Xpress Kids Issues. Deadline is Friday, Jan. 31. Photo by iStock Attention, ...

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.” By Bruce Handy I published my first picture book for children two years ago, when I ...

This class explores what goes into “the perfect summer,” and how to put those grand ideas into words; June 16-20, 9-11 a.m. Kids will create their own evil villain and craft a story about how they ...

Ani Di Franco has won a Grammy (and been nominated for eight others), released 22 albums on her own Righteous Babe Records, sold over five million copies, hit the New York Times bestseller list with ...

DREAMING BIG: Local K-12 students are invited to create art and writing for possible publication in the 2024 Mountain Xpress Kids Issues. Deadline is Friday, Jan. 26. Photo by iStock Attention, local ...