
Take a Journey Down the Internet of History with Yo-Yo Ma
Have you heard of the “Silk Road,” the collective name for the many routes that crisscrossed the vast Eurasian landmass between China and Rome more than two thousand years ago?
Have you heard of the “Silk Road,” the collective name for the many routes that crisscrossed the vast Eurasian landmass between China and Rome more than two thousand years ago?
I may have mentioned in a previous blog (or five) that my family loves scavenger hunts. We play them all the time in the form of Easter Egg hunts, geocaching,
Today is World Turtle Day, a day to celebrate turtles large and small. I’m not going to bombard you with facts about why turtles are so cool and why you
Like many little girls, my oldest daughter has always been a huge animal lover. In her case, it goes beyond ponies and puppies – though she really loves ponies and
What wakes us up with new hope every morning? What fills our dreams at night? What helps keep us going toward those dreams and goals each day? It’s that little
There is only a very short time in a child’s life when he or she really believes in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, Dragons, Elves, and other mythical creatures. So when
I am quite possible the world’s most illiterate map reader. And to make matters worse, if I *DO* figure out where I am on a map, I will never be
One morning, a few months ago, I was checking my emails as usual, when I saw one from Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis. I had worked with Elizabeth on several issues of
See that picture above. Check out the girl in the second row. That’s me as the one and only girl on my Little League team back in the early 1980s.
One of the identifying features of a Cricket Media children’s magazine is the small cartoon art you’ll find sprinkled throughout the margins of the pages. The characters in the art