Book-A-Day Almanac
Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics and the new books on their way to becoming classics.
Theodosia
Elementary School, Fantasy, Middle SchoolMany states observe Archaeological Month during September, with activities for children to think about this profession as a career. Even to me as an adult, the lure of going on an archaeological dig remains one of my unfulfilled fantasies. The book of the day R. L. LaFevers’s Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos definitely flames […]
Ancient, Archeology, History, London, ScienceFeatured on September 9
Written in Bone
Elementary School, NonfictionOn December 20, 1606, three small ships—Godspeed, Susan Constant, and Discovery—departed London, England for Virginia. In May of the next year the men and boys on this ship founded the first permanent English settlement in America, Jamestown. Other colonists, including women, joined them in James Fort in 1608. In recent years members of the Jamestown […]
Archeology, Colonial America, History, ScienceFeatured on December 20
Daily children’s book recommendations and events from Anita Silvey.
Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics . . .
The new books on their way to becoming classics . . .
And events from the world of children’s books—and the world at large.
