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21st Century Kids: Tree Advocates
I stand in awe of a large Ash Tree, growing in my backyard for thirty-seven years. This tree not only provides wonderful shade during summer, but also is a place of rest for birds and squirrels. I can’t imagine life without trees, as they are essential to all outdoor spaces.
Interview With Artist Alexandre Dorriz
Alexandre Dorriz’s research-based work informs the viewer of a data-driven concept accompanied with a visual format that presents data as entities tied to economic systems with or without links to social or political intersections.
Interview With an Author: Joshilyn Jackson
Joshilyn Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Gods in Alabama and
Happy Birthday, Florence Price - Groundbreaking Composer
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson performed one of the most significant concerts in American history.
Interview With an Author: W.S. Winslow
W. S. Winslow was born and raised in Maine but spent her working life in Boston, New York, and San Francisco. A ninth-generation Mainer, she now lives in a small town Downeast most of the year. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in French from the University of Maine, and an MFA from NYU.
Mining Gold From The Music Stream: The Impressions - This Is My Country
Curtis Mayfield was a musical giant.
21st Century Kids: Laugh out Loud
Did you know April is National Humor Month? Laughter is necessary to keep spirits lifted and hold onto a positive attitude. Reading a funny story, poem, or collection of jokes will bring a smile to your face. The Los Angeles Library provides readers with a variety of humorous books.
Creating Delicious Experiences: Children, Books, and Food
In the folktale Stone Soup, a traveler is turned away from an inhospitable community until he claims he can make soup from a stone. As he boils a stone in a pot of water, people are drawn out of their homes by their curiosity.
Interview With an Author: Willy Vlautin
Willy Vlautin is the author of five novels: The Motel Life, which was made into a film starring Dakota Fanning, Emile Hersh, and Stephen Dorff;
The Day the Crayons Were Made
If you look up, "What is a crayon?", you will get a dictionary definition like this: A crayon (or wax pastel) is a stick of pigmented wax used for writing or drawing.