The creativity skill is a significant aspect in developing critical reading skills for students in the global communication era today. This study aims to develop creativity skills in critical reading through humanistic literacy learning. This research design employed research and development (R&D) with 8 stages of Borg WR's development model. The eight R&D steps are preliminary research or needs analysis, planning, development of preliminary form of product, preliminary field testing, revision, main field testing, operational field testing/feasibility testing, and final product revision. The data collection technique was conducted through observation, questionnaires, interviews, and test techniques. The data analysis technique used the R&D model of Brog WR which was enforced by the R&D model of Yoshihara and illustrated by the IBM SPSS Statistic 16.0. The results of this research indicate that (1) the results of the research testing and texts development showed an increase in students' creativity skill in critical reading, critical thinking skills, and motivation; (2) humanistic literacy learning was appropriate to be used to foster and develop creativity skill in critical reading;(3) the humanistic literacy approach in critical reading was able to foster skills, problem-solving ability, and students' intrinsic motivation; and (4) creativity skill in critical reading with humanistic literacy approach could foster creativity in cognition, science, image, visual, aural, experience, and solidarity.