Some English words are spelled in complicated, counterintuitive ways. Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter wrote a children's book called "P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever" to explore ...

The researchers found that books published between 2005 and 2008 were more likely to contain the profane words by a factor of 28. Twenge said the increase in profanity can be chalked up to an ...

He found that picture books are two to three times as likely as parent-child conversations to include a word that isn’t among the 5,000 most common English words. Picture books even include more ...

Her first word-search book is already available at Vintage Books in Vancouver Heights and at Patti’s Hallmark Shop in Hazel Dell; now she’s working on a follow-up that goes even deeper into ...

Two new books examine efforts to standardize English orthography and the pronouns at the heart of our culture wars, finding that spelling and usage have never conformed to any rules.

Some novels are known for their creative plots and compelling characters. And then there is Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel written in 1939 by American author Ernest Vincent Wright.It’s mainly known ...