Before McGuffey, the schoolbook which had educated generations of American youth had been the old New England Primer. Reflecting the stern Calvinism of colonial times, it began the teaching of the ...

At Garden City, Long Island, was produced a book. It was the first book bred by the massive merger (TIME, Oct. 3, 1927) of Doubleday, Page & Co. and George H. Doran Co.; the first to bear their new ...

You get one shot. That’s it. One chapter. One page. Sometimes just one sentence. If your reader isn’t hooked, they’re not turning to the next page.

Stephen King's first novel, Carrie — the story of a bullied telekinetic teenager who gets viciously pranked at prom — turned 50 on April 5. In honor of Carrie's 50th birthday (we sure hope menopause ...

MICHAEL JACKSON lives at Laguna Beach, California, where he is engaged in newspaper work. His “Seventh-reel Stretch” appeared in the September Atlantic. TO READ, a child must see value in reading. I ...