The Louisiana Book Festival is one of the premiere literary events in the U.S. Here, attendees have the chance to meet a ...

Book talks with writers from around the country and the South, along with a full slate of children’s activities, are part of ...

The Louisiana Book Festival will have 236 participants and multiple activities. Here's what to look forward to.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill designating the “Cajun Night Before Christmas” as Louisiana’s official Christmas children’s book. The book, written by J.B. Kling Jr ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Book Festival lets book lovers from across the state meet their favorite authors, shop from vendors and celebrate literature. The festival will be ...

Twelve new children’s books were published this month in Baton Rouge but you won’t find them at Barnes & Noble. Their authors are teenagers, little older than the youngsters for whom they are writing.

Diamond, a third grader in Jefferson Parish, does a timed reading exercise with her summer school teacher, Emily Gurtner. Emily Gurtner sits at a small table in the corner of her third-grade classroom ...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (Louisiana First) — A trip to the doctor is turning into storytime thanks to a new statewide literacy initiative. The Center for Literacy & Learning, through the Louisiana ...