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Each year, the American Library Association issues medals to important books in children’s literature. One is for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature. In 2019, that was “Merci Suárez Changes Gears” by Meg Medina, which won the Newbery Medal.…
So you’ve decided to start a blog. You know what topics you want to post about. You know the readers you want to target. You even have images you wish to include in your posts. But what blogging platform should…
Journalists are obligated to report world events without adding their own personal opinions. In 2018, people who report the news were increasingly under fire by President Donald Trump. He often claimed that reporters were creating “fake news” about him…
Social media can help people feel more connected with one another. But some people use platforms like Facebook and Twitter to drive people apart. That happened in the United Kingdom in 2017, when Twitter users were exposed to divisive messages…
For more than 300 years, the United Kingdom has had a poet laureate. This person is an advocate for the arts and often crafts poems for national occasions. Simon Armitage was recently named the kingdom’s newest laureate. The respected poet…
Putting on a musical is a big production. No one knows that more that Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway hits “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.” During a 2018 press tour for his movie “Mary Poppins Returns,” Miranda shared…
Each election season, candidates across political parties make promises to voters. They also attack their opponents, often unfairly. Logical fallacies are common in political races. Candidates often use false dilemmas, strawman arguments, and other tactics to mislead people. Their speeches…
Biographies are usually written about people. But a 2018 book from Nate Blakeslee takes on a different subject. He writes about the life of a wolf. The subject of Blakeslee’s biography is O-Six, a female wolf who lived in Yellowstone…
It is commonly held that a “Committee of Five” penned the Declaration of Independence. It included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. In October 2018, university researcher Gary Berton said that American revolutionary Thomas…
President Abraham Lincoln is widely known for his stovepipe hats. He often wore one when out in public, including the night he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre. One hat said to be his now belongs to the Lincoln Presidential Library.…