Scholastic research shows that humor in books is the top characteristic kids look for when making their reading selections. According to the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report, more than 50 ...

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One of the easiest ways of convincing kids of the joy of reading is to read funny books. Funny books help instill a positive impression about books and reading, assist in diffusing the difficulties ...

Because we could all use a laugh. Credit... Supported by By Dwight Garner Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai Illustrations by Cari Vander Yacht When it comes to fiction, humor is serious business.

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: If you haven’t heard of The Onion, a satirical news publication, you’ve no doubt come across the many memes and parodies inspired by its style. The Onion ...

I am concerned about how my book club scheduled for next Thursday at the time of this writing is going to go. Given that I’ve been telling people what to read for better than a decade in these pages, ...

In 2020, Emily Henry crashed onto the romance shores with "Beach Read," upending conventions of the genre in the process. For one, "Beach Read" isn't set at an idyllic oceanfront setting. Rather, it ...

Jason Travis Ott has built a social-media fanbase by catering to logophiles. “Grandiloquent Words” draws together some of his favorite examples of exotic names for mundane objects and phenomena, which ...

Chris Duffy is a comedian, but he'd reached a point in his life where he'd nearly forgotten the joy of laughter. CHRIS DUFFY: I was teaching at a school, and I was dealing with a lot of really tough ...