Retired Butte College administrator, West Point grad and retired Army officer Les Jauron writes his novels, he says, “to make people think.” The Chicoan’s latest, “The Last Commando” ($ ...

The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America ...

Here’s who’s on that crew, and where you might recognize everyone’s voices from in our complete “Moana 2” cast and character guide now that the film is streaming on Disney+.

Readers are eager for more of the Absolute Universe, so it’s only a matter of time before more characters start to come along. DC has such a deep bench of brilliant characters, ones that would ...

Although at times as frothy and high-concept as a telenovela (and dispatching of peripheral female characters rather speedily and often brutally), the tense, slow-burn series never dismisses the ...

and Sophie from the Tiger Who Came to Tea are just some of the characters that the little ones have brought to life for World Book Day this year. The internationally recognised day is heralded ...

referring to classic book character Junie B. Jones. Others praised the show for not holding back on its depiction of how annoying book-banning parents can be, with one X user even posting a clip ...

Eliot is a key character in Persuader as well, though the book version isn’t a rookie like he is on the show. In the book, the DEA team has two other young agents in addition to the main trio ...