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Whether your kids are hardcore eco-warriors campaigning to get you to bike to work, or they still haven’t quite grasped the difference between the recycling bin and the trash can, celebrating Earth Day is still a worthy way to get children involved in the environmental movement, and a fun new book is a simple way to do […]

It might be surprising to know that authors such as Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot wrote stories for both adults and children. It is a rare treat when an author writes books for the whole family to read and love. Most writers stick to one genre, but these authors dish up reading opportunities for a […]

What was the inspiration behind Squirm? Who is your favorite character in the book and why? For Squirm, I had an idea to write about a boy trying to track down his real father, who has some mysterious, faraway job. I set part of the story in Florida and part of it in Montana, which […]

Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg has taken the world by storm with her passion for environmental activism and tireless efforts to effect change on a global level. In 2018, the then-15-year-old decided she could no longer sit around and wait for politicians and world leaders to take action, so she made a sign and went on strike […]