Children's entertainment
This image released by Ecco/HarperCollins shows author Jami Attenberg, founder of the 1,000 word challenge, calling for people to write 1,000 words a day for 14 days. The 2021 challenge began May 31 and ends Sunday. (Jami Attenberg via AP)
Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge

By Hillel Italie Jun. 07, 2021 09:25 AM EDT

Molly Yeh poses for a portrait at SOBE WFF® on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
Chef Molly Yeh's lockdown life full of recipes, baby firsts

By Kelli Kennedy Jun. 07, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

10 p.m. curfew to be lifted for Vermont bars and restaurants

By Lisa Rathke May. 28, 2021 02:00 AM EDT
Vermont restaurants, bars and social clubs can stay open past 10 p.m. starting on Saturday, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. Scott said...

This image released by PBS Kids shows the puppet Donkey Hodie from the new series, “Donkey Hodie,” inspired from characters in the original Fred Rogers TV show. The whimsical series for children ages 3-5 starts airing Monday and centers on the adventures of Donkey Hodie, an enthusiastic yellow donkey with a bright magenta mane. (Fred Rogers Productions/PBS Kids via AP)
New kids' TV show emerges from the Mister Rogers universe

By Mark Kennedy May. 03, 2021 01:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, kicking off her book tour, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at George Washington University in Washington. On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a copy of Harris’ children's book, “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” is being given to every migrant child in a Long Beach, Calif., facility housing unaccompanied minors who recently arrived at the border. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

FILE — In this Oct. 16. 2019 file photo, musician Steven Van Zandt attends the special screening of "Western Stars," in New York. Van Zandt and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 announced an initiative designed to help students re-engage in education. Van Zandt founded the TeachRock program, a curriculum that incorporates music into lesson plans. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Rock star Van Zandt helping Connecticut students re-engage

By Pat Eaton-Robb And Susan Haigh Apr. 20, 2021 03:46 PM EDT

Emerson Elementary School librarian Lauren Blanford Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021 in Elmhurst, Ill. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald via AP)
Elmhurst school librarian turns page adapting to pandemic

By Katlyn Smith Apr. 04, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

Colorado coach Karl Dorrell watches during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against San Diego State on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Early risers: No. 21 Colorado, Utah clash moved to morning

By Pat Graham Dec. 10, 2020 01:15 PM EST

Hayley Orlinsky poses for a portrait Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, with several colorful rubber band bracelets she makes in her Chicago home. The 7-year-old has spent most of the coronavirus pandemic crafting the bracelets as a fundraiser, earning nearly $20,000, to buy personal protective equipment for the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital's pandemic gear

By Sophia Tareen Dec. 08, 2020 10:32 AM EST

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019, file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

By Hillel Italie Nov. 18, 2020 04:06 PM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, file photo, Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck, right, celebrates with wide receiver Tyler Johnson (6) after Johnson caught a touchdown pass during the second half of an NCAA football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Fleck has never lacked for clever ways to connect and motivate his players. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
Light reading: Fleck regaling Gophers with pregame kid books

By Dave Campbell Nov. 16, 2020 12:25 PM EST

John Arthur, Utah's Teacher of the Year, hugs his wife, Stacey, in his classroom at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City after learning of the award on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Now in his eighth year of teaching, Arthur teaches sixth grade at Meadowlark Elementary School, a Title I school in the Salt Lake City School District. It is there that he pays it forward, helping his students learn to advocate for children and immigrants through music videos that they produce together and share on their YouTube channel, 9thEvermore. Arthur’s students have received national recognition for their work. (Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP)
Top teacher hopes more equitable system follows pandemic

By Marjorie Cortez Oct. 03, 2020 08:00 AM EDT

This combination photo shows "Bunheads" a children's book by Misty Copeland, left, and Copeland during a portrait session in New York on Nov. 19, 2019. Copeland's new picture book comes out Tuesday, Sept 29. (G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers via AP, left, and AP)
Q&A: Copeland looks to her youth in new kids book 'Bunheads'

By Jocelyn Noveck Sep. 28, 2020 10:01 AM EDT

The Christian Siriano collection is modeled at Christian's home as part of New York Fashion Week, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Westport, Conn. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
With picnic baskets, Christian Siriano puts on backyard show

By Leanne Italie Sep. 17, 2020 05:34 PM EDT

Paulina Mariano Ortiz, 7, whispers to her brother Axel, 5, in a pick-up truck bed repurposed as an educational space on the southern edge of Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Concerned about the educational difficulties facing school-age children during the coronavirus pandemic, a couple who runs "Tortillerias La Abuela," or Grandma's Tortilla Shop, adapted several spaces outside their locale to provide instruction and digital access to neighborhood children who don't have internet or TV service at home, a project which has attracted donations and a waiting list of students. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico tortilla shop gives free TV, internet for school kids

By Gerardo Carrillo Sep. 04, 2020 08:15 PM EDT

This cover image released by Tuff Gong International and Amplified Music shows art for the single "One Love." The family of reggae legend Bob Marley are covering his song “One Love” to raise money for coronavirus relief efforts. (Tuff Gong International/Amplified Music via AP)
Family re-imagines Bob Marley classic for COVID-19 relief

By Mesfin Fekadu Jul. 08, 2020 08:00 PM EDT

This photo provided by Scholastic shows Scholastic Chairman, CEO and President Dick Robinson. (Erica Lansner/Scholastic via AP)
Scholastic CEO talks civil unrest, pandemic

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 05, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, June, 23, 2020, a group watch a movie at a makeshift home cinema in a neighborhood in Harare. Zimbabweans starved for entertainment, including some children, have turned to petty gambling and other activities in poor neighborhoods where many have lost their livelihoods. Some defy social distancing, crowding shoulder to shoulder. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Card games, pool, TV shows entertain Zimbabweans in lockdown

By Farai Mutsaka Jun. 27, 2020 03:07 AM EDT

In this photo taken June 16, 2020, Artie Mendoza III and Michelle Mitchell, left, stand for a portrait on the pedestrian bridge overlapping Highway 93 in Pablo, Montana. Mendoza, also known as KiidTruth, is a well known hip-hop artist on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The duo have been using the social media platform TIk Tok to promote hand washing and mask wearing among the youth to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the reservation. "Our guiding work is for the youth here on the reservation, but that doesn't mean our kids over here can't challenge the kids from Blackfeet," Mitchell said. "They could launch these challenges themselves and take it in to other Indian communities. That would be pretty cool." (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Tribes turn to musicians to raise kids' awareness of COVID

By Iris Samuels Jun. 19, 2020 10:07 AM EDT

A family watches a movie from the back of their car at a drive-in movie theater where drivers must leave one space empty between them amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, May 23, 2020. The drive-in is 47 years old and one of the only such open-air facilities in operation in Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
AP PHOTOS: Brazil drive-in, a welcome escape from pandemic

By Eraldo Peres May. 28, 2020 04:33 PM EDT