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Q&A: Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton

For the past few years, LeVar Burton has been hard at work developing and promoting a Reading Rainbow app. But don't take our word for it: Read our interview with the host!

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13 Classic Children's Books That Started as Bedtime Stories

Before classic tales like 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The BFG' ended up on your kid's shelf, they were told to children tucked in bed.

13 Sculptures Made Out of Books

Books are beautiful in their own right, but these artists have managed to improve on perfection.

13 Sculptures Made Out of Books

Books are beautiful in their own right, but these artists have managed to improve on perfection.

11 Book Sequels That Weren't Written by the Original Authors

From "Gone with the Wind" to "Peter Pan," these famous books inspired sequels that weren't actually written by their original authors.

The Time Teddy Roosevelt Traumatized Dr. Seuss

Given some of his outlandish characters, you might not peg Dr. Seuss as the quiet type. But by most accounts, the beloved author was a shy, soft-spoken person who hated addressing large groups. Who gets the blame for his stage fright? Theodore Roosevelt a

11 Nintendo Games Based on Classic Works of Literature

You don't have to invent a family of mustachioed plumbers to create a video game. Here are some classic works of literature that got the Nintendo treatment in the 1980s and 1990s.

9 Sequels Written Decades After the Original Book

Today marks the release of Doctor Sleep, a new Stephen King novel that checks in with The Shining’s Danny Torrance several decades after his stay at the Overlook Hotel. It’s been 36 years since the original book was released in 1977, but such a time lapse

5 Facts About Bryan Cranston's Next Role

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has signed on to play blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. That might not be familiar to everyone, but if you like classic movies, you probably know his work.

9 Epic Literary Burns

"Every time I read Pride and Prejudice, I want to dig Jane Austen up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”

J.K. Rowling Is Writing A Harry Potter Spin-Off Movie

Good news, Potterheads: Warner Bros. has announced that J.K. Rowling will bring Harry Potter's world back to the big screen in a new film series.

Literature's greatest minds loved a good fart joke.

11 Literary Fart Jokes

Throughout history, the chance to make an occasional fart joke has often proven irresistible, even to such influential authors as Aristophanes, Shakespeare, and Mark Twain.

9 Famous Works Written in Exile

Sometimes it helps to get away.

4 Unusual Bible Translations

In addition to the Chinese, French, and Swahili versions, you can find unusual translations into other languages, from real-life tongues to fictional ones.

16 Quotes About Writing for Children

62 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries

For the last couple years, Jill Harness has been rounding up the world's most beautiful libraries by continent. Here they are all in one place, in no particular order.

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A Crudely Drawn Penis Almost Derailed Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about as American as it gets. Funny, then, that the book was released in England well before it hit shelves in the U.S. Funny, except to author Mark Twain, whose greatest work was almost derailed by a strange

The Bizarre Art of Binding Books in Human Skin

The story of one Civil War-era doctor’s quest to honor the memory of his patients. Flowers are overrated, anyway.

Bookworms Have Better Brains in Old Age

For some, being lost in a book is better than watching a movie. And although it might seem that bookworms let the world pass them by while their noses are stuck in a book, their love of reading will serve them well: According to a new study from the July

5 Famous Books That Were Originally Self-Published

Some of the greatest creators of all time have ponied up their own cash to see their works in print.

12 More Weird Books That Really Exist

We’ve already looked at a few prime examples of bizarre books on every subject from dating on a dollar budget to styling it up like Liberace, but the strangeness doesn’t stop there.

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11 Famous Works of Art That Were Never Actually Completed

Artists and writers can't always bring their works to grandiose completion. Here are a few that left us hanging.

11 Famous Works of Art That Were Never Actually Completed

Artists and writers can't always being their works to grandiose completion. Here are a few that left us hanging.

5 Books That Probably Won't Be Adapted into Movies

Not all authors are quick to hand over their movie rights to film producers.

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