Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is infamous, not only because it's a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. We remember it as the story of Scout, a young girl who...
My son selected Is a Worry Worrying You?--to read. After the many readings of this little book, it really is the perfect book for him, and I can envision...
To Kill a Mockingbird offers something for each of us, no matter what stage we are in our lives... It's a coming-of-age story, a search for justice, an...
To some readers--both past and present--The Catcher in the Rye is a mishmash of unacceptable and irrelevant moments from a young kid who doesn't know any better. He's...
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Tilting at windmills by Gustave Doré You've heard the phrase "tilting at windmills" and you probably wonder what it means, or...
Atticus Finch is one of our favorite characters in literary fiction. He offers that stern yet caring, fatherly presence in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. His passionate...
Reading health books is important, but you may not yet know why... After all, you've probably already seen the countless studies that indicate that it's healthy to read,...
A book list of favorite books that I remember from my childhood would not be complete without A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith. It's memorable for so...
You may already be familiar with the historical controversies surrounding The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. But, what specifically, have writers said about the infamous novel...