What does it really mean when someone tells you “to think outside the box”? Does it mean to do things backward? Or upside down? Or to take things apart just to put them back together again – in a different way? Perhaps ‘thinking outside the...

Education not only feeds the mind, but it also opens door to so many possibilities in life. And yet, even in North America where education is more readily available to every child, there is a growing need for educative ideas to promote literacy, improve learning...

Music has a way to speak to the soul and from the heart. Throughout history, music has been influenced by world events and, in turn, has also influenced world events. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, popular music, primarily vocalist, challenged the way people saw...

Did you know that the first animal rights rescue organization, the ASPCA, became a model for people wanting to protect children from abusive situations? And the situation facing endangered animals has, in many cases like the sea turtles, improved since the reinstatement of a law...

I love a good story about a person who has overcome obstacles to follow their dreams. There are so many talented people in the world, it’s not surprising that someone who is deaf or blind can make beautiful music or someone without hands can draw...

Immigrants have played an important role in shaping America in many ways. Janet Slingerland's 12 Immigrants Who Made American Sports Great sheds light on the immigrants who made an immense contribution to the world of sport and brought laurels to America with their success. Each...

How many visual artists do you know? Have you seen any of their work? Have you wondered why their work is so important? Throughout history, artists have been the social commentators on what’s happening in the world around them, in their time. Leonardo da Vinci...

Dig: The Search For Dinosaurs is a nonfiction action book for children and preteens written by Stuart Plotkin. While he was not a professional dinosaur hunter, Plotkin had always been fascinated by the study of dinosaurs and dreamed of making his own discovery of a...

Have you ever looked at the stars in a clear night’s sky and dreamed of traveling to each and every one of the stars? Or perhaps you just want to fly around in space and study the universe as far as technology allows us to...

In 12 Immigrants Who Made American Politics Great, we are introduced to a number of people who have served America successfully. Some we know and others we aren’t so aware of. From Madeleine Albright to Arnold Schwarzenegger, we discover their ethnic roots and the achievements...