In their new book, "A King James Christmas", artist and translator Catherine Schuon and award-winning author and editor Michael Fitzgerald have collaborated as coeditors to present an exquisite, very traditional holiday volume suitable... Read More

Children and young adults are frequently taught the value of obeying authority—behaving appropriately by keeping in line with the law. But sometimes the laws are wrong and the authorities who create them are corrupt. When is it okay to... Read More

It seems that allergies are diagnosed more than ever before and people of all ages are being tested and treated for them daily. Yet, the task of explaining allergies, testing procedures, and treatment plans to children can be daunting.... Read More

No-holds-barred fun for the kinetic set. A crash-course in the fundamentals of forces and twenty-five experiments to see them in action. How about a marshmallow geodesic dome? Soda-can rocket? Or a demonstration of corrosion? Short... Read More

El Capitan, Half Dome, giant sequoias, the legacy of naturalist John Muir, and the smartest bears in the world. Meet the staff at Yosemite National Park, plus its creatures, plants, and hikes. Discussions of camping supplies, climbing... Read More

Learn the history of macaroni and cheese and pizza, discover the ancestor of the apple, and speculate about what your tortilla is doing when you think it’s just lying there. Taste far-flung places on the globe just by opening your... Read More

Kira Vermond wrote this book to give children basic financial literacy; but for the word kid‘s in the title, it would be an ideal go-to for most of their parents as well. In few pages, she manages to introduce concepts as diverse as... Read More

“The more I thought about it, the more simply holding a baby alligator seemed insufficient. It was this line of thinking that led me to the completely insane idea that I should try alligator wrestling.” When Amber Karlins’s mother... Read More