Tweet The City Spies are adjusting to life in a new home, satisfied that criminal mastermind Le Fantome is in a high security prison. But then MI6 intercepts messages that discuss bombing high level targets across Europe with the goal … Continue reading
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Tweet Maysoon Zaid was the youngest of three daughters, born with a condition called cerebral palsy that sometimes caused her to shake in ways she couldn’t control. Though she faced challenges and discrimination for her condition, she and her family … Continue reading
Tweet Penelope arrives at Anaximander’s Academy, where students learn about and apply the lessons of the Greek mythology to their own lives. She expects to be chosen for the house of Athena, where all of her family before her resided … Continue reading
Tweet Jack Rathmell knew that after he graduated from high school he wanted to make a difference in the world. When his plans for college didn’t pan out, he researched other opportunities with world organizations. But most programs he looked … Continue reading
Tweet Even though it’s March in London the ground is covered in snow, the skies are gray, and it seems that spring will never arrive. Ten-year-old Blessing has worries to match the bleak weather. Her mother gets depressed in winter … Continue reading
Tweet It’s been 100 years since author A.A. Milne introduced readers to Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain, and all the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood. To celebrate, publisher Aladdin, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster, has … Continue reading
Tweet I’m lucky. My mom has written lots of stories about what life was like for her when she was growing up and major events that influenced who she is. I treasure those stories and so do my daughters, and … Continue reading
Tweet Most of us are familiar with the stories of the major Christmas classics. We may have seen The Nutcracker performed as a ballet, watched one of the many versions of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, or listened to a … Continue reading