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Great American Artists for Kids

Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features 75 American artist...

Patti Smith on Patti Smith

From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "e;Jesus died for somebody's sins,...

Last American Hero

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, a small-...

TMI

The story of how Mario Lavandeira became Perez Hilton, the world's first and biggest celebrity bl...

Women Heroes of the US Army

Though early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, many women still found ways to serve, ...

Assassination of Fred Hampton

Read the story behind the award-winning film Judas and the Black Messiah On December 4, 1969, att...

Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion

Eager young readers can now discover and experience Laura Ingalls Wilder's books like never befor...

Highway 50

A lively, anecdotal chronicle of travels along U.S. Route 50--a road that literally cuts through ...

Judy Garland on Judy Garland

Harold and Maude

Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obses...

Maiden Flight

The Trials of Walter Ogrod

Examines the 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn and the conviction of Walter Ogrod, a...