Learn history while simultaneously expanding your code cracking skills with these exciting activities below!

For more fun facts and activities, be sure to check out Code Cracking for Kids: Secret Communications throughout History by Jean Daigneau. Code Cracking for Kids explores many aspects of …

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From the Periphery consists of nearly 40 first-person narratives from activists and everyday people who describe what it’s like to be treated differently by society because of their disabilities. Their stories are raw and painful but also surprisingly funny and deeply moving—describing anger, …

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When Anything for a Hit came out a year ago it received rave reviews by Vanity Fair and the New York Times and was featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, and elsewhere. This #MeToo must-read for the music industry is now available in paperback, so we’ve checked in with author Dorothy Carvello for a…

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The Five (Literally) Most Shocking Deaths of Performers Onstage

by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns

When we began researching The Show Won't Go On, we found enough shocking, bizarre, and historic deaths of performers onstage to fill a book and more. In fact, one of the frustrating parts of the proc

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The Dog Log by Richard Lucas is a hilarious, acerbic, heartbreaking, and ultimately joyous memoir of finding companionship through the frustrations of living next to a barking dog and an oblivious neighbor. With humor and honesty, this story looks into big-city loneliness, heartbreak, and, ultimatel…

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As apps and online courses attempt to spark a speed-reading revival, Scan Artist by Marcia Biederman takes an engaging look at Evelyn Wood’s rise from mission worker to marketer and exposes the pitfalls of wishful thinking. “The most famous reading teacher in the world,” as television hosts in…

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Wine and Paint nights are the most fun way to unleash the artist in you, but without the wine, what are the kids supposed to do? We came up with the ingenious solution: Juice and Draw!

With their juice cups in hand, we had our managing editor's kids paint like Edward Hopper by thinking of an emotio…

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Prepare for fall like the ancient Romans with these cozy activities!

For more fun facts and activities, be sure to check out Ancient Romans and Their Neighbors. In this lively history book, children will explore ancient Roman culture—along with the cultures of their neighbors, the Etruscans, C…

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In our interview with author Kathryn Atwood, she reveals her process for writing the second edition of Women Heroes of World War II and what she hopes readers will take away from her books. Read below to learn more!

"Atwood's admiration and enthusiasm for her subjects is apparent in these engagin…

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With beautiful, full-color illustrations and fun, catchy rhymes, Yes I Can Listen!, written by Steve Metzger and illustrated by Susan Szecsi, encourages children to develop attentive listening skills. Read below for an interview with the talented Susan Szecsi, as she dives into her illustration pro…

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