Before the first baby boomers burst onto the scene in 1946, the U.S. toy and game industry occupied a tiny slice of the U.S.

The only town named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president faces another economic blow if the state follows through on plans to locate a women’s prison.

Food for thought, downthetubes readers … charity shops are urging people to clear out their children’s old toys and books in ...

“It was the finest condition of a copy I’ve ever had,” said Sanders, who ended up selling it for $50,000. Over time, old books develop “foxing”— brownish or yellowish spots and blotches, caused by ...

a girl and boy went on trial in Manchester for what was described as the "sadistic" knife murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey when they were both aged 15. Murders carried out by children have ...

Thus begins the story of "Camilla and the Caterpillars," a new children’s chapter book from Smokies Life written ... when Camilla is just 4 years old, over the following years she makes it ...

Harris' rise to become Democrat nominee in place of Joe Biden appears to have benefitted the party, with Republican-leaning kids expressing more support for the 59-year-old than the current president.

School holidays kick off this weekend and with that Whitcoulls has announced their annual Top 50 Kids' Books list. This year nearly a quarter of the titles included are new to the list, and more than ...

This personal experience informed the questions Williams is wrestling with in her new book “Mothers, Children, and the Body ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide ... “and they’re making the Millennials feel old.” This is something a Gen Xer can certainly relate to.

ST. LOUIS – A 62-year-old St. Louis man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him Wednesday of 22 sex offenses against children. The St. Louis Metropolitan ...

Its author, Ruth Krauss, had gathered many of the definitions from actual children—including the book’s title, “A Hole Is to Dig”—and worked with a little-known twenty-three-year-old ...