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Oct 13
We’re All In This Together, Right?

From the archives, 2018: My great-grandmother came to the United States from Hungary as a toddler three generations ago. She was woken up in the middle of the night, as the story has been told to me, and taken over the mountains to board ships that were headed for the USA. She and her family were fleeing the […]

Oct 10
A People’s History of the United States

If you have not yet read “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, I highly encourage you to do so. It’s not an easy read, but it is a meaningful one. The book helps show the whole picture of American history I never got in school. It’s told from the point of […]

Oct 07
“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is an Adventure Full of Spectacle, Hilarity, and Life Lessons

Own the all-new collector's edition now on digital, blu-ray, and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Oct 07
“Olive All At Once” Shares With Readers How Feelings Aren’t Binary and That’s Okay

A picture book from bestselling Good Night Yoga author Mariam Gates that teaches kids that feeling different emotions all at once is more than OK—it’s a wonderful part of being human.