Thirty years ago, after her dystopian novel The Giver won the coveted Newbery Medal, bestselling author Lois Lowry issued a warning. "Those of you who hoped that I would stand here tonight and reveal ...

What about O’Connor’s work appealed to you? In the past, circles of literary criticism—particularly what they used to call the “New Criticism” out of the University of Chicago—told us we must view ...

With the Newbery Medal to its name and more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, The Giver is often listed as one of the best children's novels of all time. The 1993 dystopian novel by Lois Lowry ...

In her new book, The Windeby Puzzle, two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry combines both narrative history and fiction to imagine the life of an adolescent child from the first century whose remains ...

“Tree. Table. Book” and “Not Nothing” feature young people whose friendships with the very old unlock fading memories. By Jennifer Howard Jennifer Howard is the author of “Clutter: An Untidy History.” ...

In Lois Lowry's children's book, "Crow Call," a young girl spends a day in the woods with her father, just home from World War II. They hunt crows, and she wears a flannel hunter's shirt that her ...

After two decades of gracing middle school syllabi, Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” has finally landed on the big screen. For many millenials, the book acted as gateway literature to the likes of Orwell, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lois Lowry, the author of "The Giver" and other novels, will be on hand twice in October as part of the New York State Writers ...

“The Windeby Puzzle” begins in 1952, when a small, remarkably well-preserved body is unearthed from a bog in northern Germany. By Laura Amy Schlitz When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

LOVELL — The Friends of the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library are delighted to be hosting an online conversation with Lois Lowry on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Join us as the acclaimed Lowry, a Maine ...