I love introducing kids to ordinary people who did amazing things by reading picture book biographies for kids. Don't you?

This week, we had the rare chance to hear from one of the few remaining World War II veterans—102-year-old John Smith, a ...

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That Tom Cruise is able to empty his head when he runs, blanking out his career, his cultural meaning, his past and present ...

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The woman is Lokwi’s sister-in-law. He is recalling the day in 1988 when his brother was killed by soldiers from the Sudan ...

A Young Woman Who Fought the Nazis. As the title suggests, this is a gripping story of French resistance to the Nazis in the Second World War. It begins with the German conquest o ...

At first sight, The Carhullan Army might seem a departure, being a prophetic, futuristic novel in the tradition of H G Wells, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Will Self's recent The Book ...

We have heard that the soul never dies and keeps reincarnating in one form or another but in Hindu mythology it is believed that some beings continue to live in the same form across the ages Lord Hanu ...

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked. November 25, 2024 • Books We ...

These books will help kids understand what it was like to be caught up in WWI, whether as a soldier, a civilian, or even a battlefield horse. For more historical reads, check out our lists of World ...