9 September 1543: Mary Stuart crowned Queen of the Scots When Shakespeare penned the line, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” he...

I was quite literally awakened this morning not by my alarm but instead by the incessant buzzing of constant news notifications. As I...

9 May 1887: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show opens in London, giving Queen Victoria and the English a look at real American cowboys and...

Chocolate: Riches from the Rain Forest by: Robert Burleigh Most books that I read and review are a result of a conscious choice based...

by Monica Brown illustrated by Julie Paschkis I was drawn to this book because a Communist Chilean poet seemed a peculiar subject for a...

by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Illustrated by Gillian Newland Don’t let the picture book format fool you. This work gives a bleak...