Attention young readers in South Dakota: Get ready for Bink and Gollie!

Planning your Festival of Books visit? Here is “what you need to know” — our full preview featuring important information about authors, dates, times and locations.

Second and third graders will be quite familiar with at least two of the 2019 Young Readers Festival of Books authors by the time the event rolls around in October.

In 2019, SDHC is offering an unprecedented alternate language version of its Young Readers One Book, which coincides nicely with a recent piece of S.D. legislation.

Texas elementary school principal Belinda George has developed a fail-safe tactic for ensuring her students get bedtime stories: she reads to them via Facebook live stream.

An overseas chain of McDonald’s stores is adding a “scrumdiddlyumptious” element to its famous Happy Meals.

The students from St. Joseph’s Indian School who attended this year’s S.D. Festival of Books are all authors in the making.

This fall, Kara LaReau will address thousands of elementary students. Some of those young faces will light up with recognition as they follow along; other listeners will drift into daydreams.

As author Kate DiCamillo can attest, the South Dakota Festival of Books is an excellent place to make connections.

Book clubs aren’t just for adults. The South Dakota Humanities Council Lending Library offers options for audiences both young and old.