We take words for granted. They’re the most basic building blocks of stories, the names we call each other, the way we explain our love to one another. These four thoughtful picture books make words ...

THOMASVILLE- Words and books. Books and words. Annie Butterworth Jones has had plenty of both for most of her 38 years on this planet. The owner of Thomasville’s charming independent bookstore called ...

Writing this sentence was hard. There were so many other things I could have gone with. That set of words seemed right at the time, roughly 90 seconds ago. Now I’m not so sure. Joan Didion once said ...

When I pulled out a copy of "The Lost Words," my seven-year-old son stared in amazement. The book is huge, nearly as tall as his torso, and when I opened it up, it spread across both of our laps. He ...

A boy unearths a treasure trove of adjectives, and a strange word discovered by a scholar becomes an overnight sensation. From “A Chest Full of Words.”Credit...Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger ...