The problem is that everyone and their mother makes some kind of low top sneaker. Like, everyone. Where to begin? The answer was provided me by the Universe: Thursday Boot Company, makers of two pairs ...

Naomi Shulman (top left) and her new book, "Be Kind." Terri Schmitz (bottom left) is the owner of the Children's Bookshop in Brookline, Mass. (Courtesy) It's easy to think that the most important ...