Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Frances Hardinge’s “Island of Whispers” is lush ...

Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education have announced an investment of over $ 3.5 million to provide first ...

The Iowa Department of Education will hand out 100,000 book packs — 1 million books in all — to first grade students this ...