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This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

Since starting NPR's Backseat Book Club, Michele Norris has been swimming in "kid lit." The five stories on her year-end list will seep into your heart and leave you thinking about the characters long after you've turned the final pages.

There is no disgrace in a composer earning a living, and some of England’s greatest musicians – including those in the employ of the Royal Family – have…

The weekend’s coming, so pack your valise for music from “Enchanted April” (Richard Rodney Bennett), “A Passage to India” (Maurice Jarre), “The Best…

Ross Amico invites you to take a nostalgic journey with an hour of British Light Music favorites in vintage recordings, featuring works by Albert…

For Early Music Month, it’s a tapestry of music from movies set in the Middle Ages, including “Becket” (Laurence Rosenthal), “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”…

Maestro Stern has chosen a wonderful mix of works and composers from fairly far back in the Iris Archives. Robert Schumann’s Manfred Overture lies in…

Alphorns, cuckoo clocks, chocolates, and “Heidi.” You won’t encounter any of those. What you will hear are neglected works by Swiss composers Ernest Bloch…

For years, tourists have peered into multi-million-dollar apartments from the top of London's busiest art gallery. Britain's Supreme Court says that has to change.

The “Kalevala,” a disparate collection of long narrative poems culled from oral tradition, is frequently referred to as the Finnish national epic. Its…