Simon Alekna/Fairfax Media via Getty; Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program/Instagram Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program has announced the return of "Summer of Stories," where kids can earn personal pan pizzas and ...

Author David Mas Masumoto talks about his book “Secret Harvests” during the first meeting of The Modesto Bee book club at Bookish bookstore in Modesto on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Andy Alfaro ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A major milestone Thursday for a program that gives free books to young children in Colorado. Local leaders and Governor Jared Polis celebrated the delivery of the ...

Oregon’s version of Imagination Library, an initiative launched by superstar Dolly Parton to send a free book each month to babies and preschoolers, recently mailed its 4 millionth book to an Oregon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The memoir “Secret Harvests” will launch The Bee Book Club, a collaboration between The Modesto Bee and the bookstore Bookish. The ...

The Free Library of Philadelphia is encouraging readers to check out "Our Missing Hearts," a story about a family torn apart by government censorship. The 2022 novel is the public library's latest ...

The "Great Lakes, Great Read" program is a shared reading initiative across the Great Lakes region. The 2026 book list features three titles for various age groups about the region's history and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A detail of the faux bookcase made by artist Randi Ocena at Bookish (Andy Alfaro/aalfaro@modbee.com) The Modesto Bee is excited to ...

The Modesto Bee is excited to announce a new book club for our readers, in partnership with Bookish Modesto. With a collection of books about local issues, by local authors, or relevant to our ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — New international research by the United Way of Australia is highlighting the impact of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The five-country study is the largest ever done on shared ...