Dolly Parton's Imagination Library(imaginationlibrary.com)
662 points by jumploops | 107 comments
Homepage of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a nonprofit that mails free books monthly to children from birth to age five in five countries.
#reading on Hacker News
14 stories tagged reading, newest first.
Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers(jacobin.com)
96 points by PaulHoule | 67 comments
Jacobin article arguing that publishers abandoned the mass-market paperback and then blamed readers for declining reading.
House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k(readingchronicle.co.uk)
214 points by librasteve | 201 comments
Reading Chronicle local news article about a house in Tilehurst with 15m of underground tunnels listed for sale at £300k.
Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry(diamondgeezer.blogspot.com)
73 points by zeristor | 27 comments
Diamond Geezer blog post about the Bayeux Tapestry going on display at the British Museum, and Reading's Victorian replica of the tapestry.
The revolt of the reader(bcantrill.dtrace.org)
554 points by chmaynard | 269 comments
Bryan Cantrill blog post arguing, as a reader, against people publishing LLM-authored writing under their own names.
Seven books I keep close because I love them(blog.plover.com)
338 points by surprisetalk | 153 comments
A personal blog post on The Universe of Discourse describing the seven books the author keeps on the shelf by his elbow and why he loves them.
How to read more books(scotto.me)
505 points by silcoon | 266 comments
A personal blog post by Elia Scotto explaining how he went from reading under ten books a year to about one a week, with tips for becoming a prolific reader.
Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom(undark.org)
839 points by novaRom | 406 comments
Undark article on Sweden shifting classrooms away from digital screens and back to printed books.
Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools(theorthagonist.substack.com)
489 points by ZeroTalent | 228 comments
A Substack essay from The Orthagonist arguing that popular business books are cheap entertainment built on simplified stories rather than useful strategic tools.
Kermit: A typeface for kids(microsoft.design)
329 points by nmcfarl | 158 comments
Microsoft Design article introducing Kermit, a typeface designed to help children learn to read and write.
Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its schools (2023)(apnews.com)
396 points by redbell | 265 comments
AP News article on Sweden shifting its schools away from heavy digital device use back toward printed books and handwriting practice.
The joy of reading books you don't understand(reactormag.com)
395 points by speckx | 230 comments
A Reactor magazine column by Molly Templeton arguing it should be normal to love books you don't entirely understand.
Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)
350 points by 42point2 | 152 comments
Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.
Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket(oliverburkeman.com)
352 points by pps | 170 comments
Oliver Burkeman essay arguing readers should treat their backlog of books, articles and podcasts as a flowing river to dip into rather than a bucket to empty.