Holidays and Events

It's April 28, the day we celebrate National Superhero Day. Of course, superheroes enter into books and literature. We read...

It’s the first of April, which really just means that you have a chance to give and receive pranks. The...

Yes, it's true... The holidays are a time of togetherness--with lots of fun and laughter (or so it should be,...

​It's Human Rights Month in commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N. General...

December 2nd. It's the second day of December. By now, it's becoming clear that Christmas is in full swing. Yes,...

The First Day of Christmas But December 1. It's the first day of Christmas, but I like to remember it...

It's January 1st. New Year's Day. We think of this (a new year) in a (somewhat) revolutionary light. After all, this...

I've always loved the fall months of the year. The last day of September and the onslaught of October days...

July always seems like a happy time to me. Perhaps it's because it's summertime. And, it probably also has to...

Like me, you can probably point to early memories of reading and/or hearing the voices of a parent reading to...