Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long, in my opinion. As a child, when nice weather came around, I was told to put down my book and go play outside: You can ...

CORVALLIS — It was a passion for books that fueled the early days of Corvallis’ Grass Roots Books & Music back in September 1971. The business plan? That came later. “Business plan?

SELECTED POEMS by Gunter Grass, translated by Michael Hamburger and Christopher Middleton. 63 pages. Harcourt. Brace & World. $3.95. Giinter Grass looks like a slightly sinister Santa Claus and ...

In two new children's books, characters discover worlds of adventure just outside their doorsteps. Trevor Noah's first picture book, Into the Uncut Grass, is about a young boy and his teddy bear ...

Conservation educator and author of, Grass isn't Greener, Danae Wolfe, shared how just a few simple changes in our own backyard can help fight climate change and enrich the environment.

The children describe Grass’s books in trivial terms: “that book about dogs and scarecrows,” “the one with a talking fish” and “the short book that followed the long one.” ...