'Flowers for Sarajevo', a new picture book by John McCutcheon, has its roots in a senseless tragedy during the Balkan War, which inspired an act of heroism and hope on the part of a Bosnian musician.

Kim Ryun-hee, also spelled, “Ryen-hi,” says she was in China to spend time with relatives and get treatment for her liver ailment when she met a Chinese broker. He promised that she could make ...

Every state has its flower — Nevada’s is the sagebrush — and Xiaoyan Wang has spent several years capturing the beauty of each state’s namesake flora in the form of oil paintings.