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Stop feeling guilty about what you didn't do over the holidays, and take some of these suggestions for reading, watching and listening. You'll feel better, really.

Prince on defining his music: "The only thing I could think of, because I really don't like categories, but the only thing I could think of is inspirational."

A new study shows that these wild birds somehow learn the distinct calls used by human honey foragers in different countries to indicate that they'd like to partner up on a honey-seeking mission.

"That action saved an important part of American history tonight," Atlanta's police chief told media gathered at the scene late Thursday.

A.A. Milne's beloved bear made his first appearance in a short poem titled "Teddy Bear" which was published in Punch magazine on Feb. 13, 1924. We'll listen back to a 1929 recording of Milne.

There are no moose in America, said the French count to Thomas Jefferson. They don't exist there. Americans see a reindeer and just call it a new name, saying it's bigger. But the only thing that's big here is your American imagination. Jefferson was incensed. You are an ignoramus, he said tactfully. Then he promised to deliver an American moose to Paris. Here's what happened next.

Ellah Allfrey reviews Kinder Than Solitude, by Yiyun Li.

What books that touch on topics of race would you recommend to a not-so-bookish teen? A reader asks us to share our suggestions.

It's the summer of 1964 in Hanging Moss, Miss., and 11-year-old Gloriana Hemphill is about to learn a lot about bigotry, loyalty and bravery. Join NPR's Backseat Book Club as we read Glory Be, by Augusta Scattergood.