Winter is the perfect time to curl up with a good book, especially stories that celebrate Chicago. We tapped into the expertise of librarian Liv Hanson, youth collection selector for Chicago Public ...

The Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library will host its Winter Children’s Sale Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2. The Children’s sale includes fiction for kids and teens, nonfiction, EZ ...

Just because it's winter doesn't mean you need snow to have fun! Here, we've rounded up 25 fun winter activities you can do with your kids and family regardless of the weather.

“If Nancy and I had been in the second grade together, we would have been the kids in the back that were drawing and writing,” artist Claudia McGehee said, reflecting on her first ever collaboration ...

Canadian writer Louise Penny poses during a portrait session. She is the author of a hugely successful series of mysteries perfect for winter reading. When the weather outside turns frightful, there’s ...

Cool down with chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine adventure novels. By Calum Marsh Calum Marsh is a reporter and critic who writes about arts, culture and sports. Frigid storms, heaps of ...

Bolton Library are inviting children across the area to ditch the gadgets and pick up the books this year for the National Year of Reading.

In Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz’s latest middle grade novel, The Winter of the Dollhouse (Candlewick, Sept. 2), the story’s main character befriends an elderly neighbor who is restoring her ...

In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz’s novel “The Winter of the Dollhouse,” the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous. By Catherine Hong Catherine Hong is a senior editor at ...