In chapter 10 of Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” protagonist Scout Finch recalls a bit of advice her ...

Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960. According to Britannica, over 60 million copies have been sold, and it has been translated into 40 languages. Colorado senate's ...

Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, started studying birds while in prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Ibram X. Kendi discusses introducing Malcolm X to today's young readers and the timing of his new book in light of President ...

Exploring the diversity of the human experience, as well as the world’s inequities and injustices, enables students to see ...

One of the most overlooked authors in the list, Mary Shelley is responisble for writing the first-ever science fiction story.

Sometimes, when school, family, friends and just ... life get a little too much, we need to find comfort in the familiar. For some of us, that comes from pages of books we can read over and over ...

Argument 3: Reading about race and historical truths incites racism and induces white guilt ... at the heart of the racial conflict in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Hester Prynne and her Puritan ...

What about an English teacher assigning students to write a paper comparing the persecution of Tom Robinson—whom Atticus Finch championed in To Kill a Mockingbird—to that of Emmett Till?

I started thinking about artistic works in various media, not just literature, that have stayed news for me through the years, that have enlightened and matured me, that have enlarged my spirit and ...