A boy worries about lice conquering the world What lousy has to do with lice How author/illustrator David Shannon learned about lice the hard way David Shannon, the author and illustrator of a new ...

In early October, my family experienced what now seems to have become the new normal in schools: my kindergartener got lice, which was rampant in her classroom. A friend and preschool teacher ...

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Fremont bookworms and literary lovers can rest easy: bothersome bugs in books are very rare and not harmful to people. The issue of pests and insects — notably what are called “booklice” — found in ...

The next time you pick up a book from the library, you might want to scan the pages for more than just words. The American Library Association developed advice for public libraries to prevent and ...

HAMPTON — Library trustees are weighing whether people returning books with bed bugs inside their pages should be temporarily banned after the vermin turned up at the return desk last month. The bed ...