The Literacy Trust in the United Kingdom and Audible have just issued a new report on how young people are listening to audiobooks. The survey of 8 to 18-year-olds showed almost half (48.7%) of ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch ...

Children, being natural learners, easily connect with audiobooks due to their innate curiosity and openness to sounds. A survey conducted by the Library Journal / School Library Journal also ...

One of the opening events for this year's Children's Institute, being held June 5-7 in Milwaukee, was the “The State of the Children’s Book Market” presentation by data analyst Brenna Connor. Connor ...

I wouldn’t put too much stock in what your “literary” friends say; they sound like bores. When it comes down to it, people who think about reading in terms of what “counts”—those who piously log their ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

Author Rebecca Langston-George is not surprised that the popularity of audiobooks among young readers is skyrocketing. According to a 2022 survey by the Audio Publishers Association, 61 percent of ...

Pottermore Publishing and Audible have announced additional casting for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, including ...

“It’s, it’s crushing, they want to listen to an audiobook, sadly, the library cannot buy the audiobook of that because it’s ...

A La Jolla Elementary School fourth-grader has taken the idea of summer reading to a whole new level this year. Nine-year-old Samira Sahni spent her summer vacation from school recording audio ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrey Vyshedskiy, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) It’s not uncommon today to see ...