Plants, so often the minor characters in stories about charismatic living things, are the stars of this vividly illustrated ...

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When money dried up and days dragged on, people found their own ways to stay occupied. During the Great Depression, entertainment was built around whatever materials and spare hours they had.

previous collaborators Burgess and Chien follow two East Asian–cued children through a hot city Fourth of July. The book received a starred review from PW. Antwan Eady, illus. by London Ladd.

An NPR “best book of the year” award winner featuring authors and illustrators sharing personal stories about their conversations with their kids about race in America today. The effect is that tens ...

The 1929 stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Factors including speculative lending and changing monetary policies contributed to the crash. Photos show the panic in ...

For lovers of wilderness who want to understand more about the history, development and philosophy of the wilderness movement in America, there are some great books available. Here are some of mine.

Moomins and the Great Flood, which was published in 1945 ... The joy, though, of Jansson is that her so-called children’s books work just as well for adults, a fact that bewildered some ...

They can have five.” “Trump has such a depression-era view of what kids play with in 2025,” Stewart said. “‘Kids don’t need 20 sets of those hoops you hit down the street with a stick!