While John Adams was away from Abigail Smith, they obsessively wrote letters to one another, some eleven hundred of them, expressing their longing. Not to be outdone, James Garfield and Lucretia together wrote more than twelve hundred letters.
Martha Washington tried to burn everything George ever sent her. Thomas Jefferson did the same with his letters.
Before he left, he swiveled and stood on his tiptoes. He teased a guitar, sneered and shimmied, and left a tide of swooning females in his wake. Yes, he's gone, but The King meant a lot to people who still cherish his life and mourn his departure. Look past him, though, and you'll see the man behind him, inside the new book "Elvis and The Colonel" by Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill.
It was a dinosaur bone. Not really but it was fun thinking that it was, even for awhile. You were just seven years old then, and the truth (it was a simple rock) didn’t deter you from digging some more. It never stopped you from…
What’s that noise? Was it the scrape of a branch on the outside of your walls, or the brush of a wing or a fang or a talon? Was there a monster creeping outside your windows, or just the wind and leaves? This is a…
Norton was there when George Floyd was killed, and he has some strong words about racism within his workplace, and the system at large. He's seen plenty of despair on the streets, and he writes with grace about the downtrodden people he meets. He muses on the pandemic, and his total inability to understand why other EMTs didn't get vaccinated.
Thanksgiving is coming soon and you know the story. A bunch of white folks came over in a boat, and landed on a rock. When it was November, they had a party and invited the Indians. Or not. Actually, mostly not, says Michael Harriot. In his new book “Black AF…
You heard there's a special creme inside them, so you'll be sure to have one or five. The pies smell delicious; sweetness and a nip of sour, your favorite. Cake, cookies, pile that plate and forget the diet. As in the new book, "The League of Lady Poisoners," written and illustrated by Lisa Perrin, some foods are simply to die for.
Cooper touches upon The Beatles, but not so that it distracts from the main reason for this book. That keeps this tale one that kids 10-and-up will enjoy but that adult fanswill want, too. "This Boy" is a book you'll both cheer for.
The pictures are terrifying and heartbreaking.
That's no cozy fire in any of them. No, what you see makes you want to flee, no matter where you sit when you see the photos. If a wildfire happens in your area, what do you do? How do you keep your family safe? Reach for these great books and start learning...