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The head of Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library says the property tax measure would hit services such as tutoring, language lessons and citizenship classes, while another resident expects housing savings.
Juan and Valeria Hernandez wrote "Why Does Daddy Use Wheels?" after they couldn't find a book that portrayed a family like theirs, and it hit No. 1 in its Amazon category.
Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
Republican attorneys general from 21 states are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to uphold a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from school libraries.
Miami Dade College's Miami Book Fair caps the week with a three-day Street Fair featuring books, author talks, family activities, food and continuous live music.
Attorneys for the board members filed a notice that is a first step in asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision issued last week.
Reflection Point is billed as a book club redesigned for the modern worker.
Perseverance, a lucky sweater, and an uncanny resemblance to one of the world's most iconic authors.
Incoming high school senior Mason Furman is responsible for one in Miami-Dade and 10 in Broward County.
Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel literature laureate who challenged Peru's powerful military in the early 1960s, has died at 89 surrounded by family, his children say.
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for "the great American novel."
In her long-awaited return to fiction, the author of "Americanah" presents her intricately-woven novel that explores love, ambition, family expectations, and the forces that shape women's choices.
Kids from birth to 5 years old can get one free book a month to keep.
Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025.
It started started as a mobile store and has since transformed into a storefront in Wynwood.
The original 1997 illustration for the front of the first Harry Potter book has set a record for Potter-themed memorabilia on the auction block.
The book contains a handwritten note by its first owner saying, "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering."
The uncorrected copy proof of the debut novel in the Harry Potter series was bought for pennies more than a quarter-century ago with J.K. Rowling's name misspelled on the title page.
The dictionaries and encyclopedias are being reviewed based on state legislation that says schools may not have books that depict or describe "sexual conduct" or are "inappropriate."
A new art installation is pushing back on the Florida law driving book bans across the Sunshine State.
Pink will give away 2,000 banned books at her South Florida shows this week in partnership with the literary and free expression advocacy group PEN America.
Britney Spears' new memoir, "The Woman in Me," comes out Tuesday.
The Miami-Dade School Board on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a slate of new books for social studies, history and personal finance.
Big-name authors like Judy Bloom, Jodi Picoult, and James Patterson announced they are coming together to help open a Pen America office in Miami to fight book bans.
PEN America wants to expand efforts to counter Florida's surge in book bans
