Many bestselling children’s storybooks, like The Lorax, aim to teach kids important moral lessons. But do they work? New research suggests that they probably don’t, but that parents can effectively ...

Every parent’s primary goal is to raise a decent human, but didactic speeches about right and wrong aren’t exactly in the cards when you’re dealing with a kid who can’t tear himself away from his ...

All over the world, young children are exposed to classic fairy tales, myths and other stories. Most kids love hearing stories, but in addition to being a fun activity, storytelling is also thought of ...

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --Anthropomorphic, or human-like, animals are often the protagonists of children's books. But new research suggests parents who want their kids to pick up on a story's moral lessons ...

As a teacher, father and children's book author, Jon Scieszka avoids books full of lessons. "Since the beginning of kids' books ... it was like: learn your alphabet, learn the colors, or learn morals, ...

Espen Stranger-Johannessen received funding from UBC Public Scholars Initiative, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF), Wendy K. Sutton Graduate Scholarship in ...

Many bestselling children’s storybooks, like The Lorax, aim to teach kids important moral lessons. But do they work? New research suggests that they probably don’t, but that parents can effectively ...