When I was a kid, my favorite game was mancala. I played it all the time with my friends. We would play for hours, tournament style, seeing who could win the most games. But I didn't know anything about the history of my favorite game. Mancala has been played in many different cultures for thousands…
Passover Is All About Food
Passover is all about the food. Yes, it's true, even though observing Passover for many Jews means not eating leavened bread for eight days. I prefer to think about all the delicious holiday foods I get to eat every year! Part of the seder, the ritual meal, is saying, "Let all who are hungry come…
Puppy Love: Books for Kids
If you're a dog lover, you know puppy love is the sweetest. Those big eyes! Those silly puppy paws! Who can resist a puppy? I know I can't, even if that puppy is a robot. The kids and staff at Thomas Hughes Children's Library at Harold Washington Library Center are lucky, because we just got…
A Sisterhood of Little Women
When I was growing up, I didn't have sisters, just two brothers, and it always seemed like there was something different about having sisters. So when I read Little Women, I fell in love with the March sisters. Reading about Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy made me feel like I had sisters, too. I loved…
Stories of the High Holidays
The Jewish high holidays are a great time to get together with family and friends to tell stories. There is a long tradition of storytelling in the Jewish faith, especially stories with morals or reminders of proper behavior. Spend the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement…
Family Road Trip Audiobook Recommendations
Is your family taking a road trip this summer? Mine is—and we're planning to listen to an audiobook or two on our seven-hour drive. It can be tough to find an audiobook everyone agrees on. These family stories offer different viewpoints and characters that will entertain your whole group. There's something for everyone in The…
Meet Chicago Children’s Author Laura Ruby
If you've never read a book by Laura Ruby, you're in for a treat. You'll be pulled into the book immediately by her rich descriptions of sights, sounds and even smells. She pulls you into a world that is just like ours, with a twist. What if you had a special ability or the world was just a little bit different?
Armchair Time Travel for Kids
Will people ever be able to time travel? I don't know, but I hope so. Until then, I'm going to experience as much time travel as I can while sitting in my favorite reading chair. Experiment with the idea of jumping backwards in time and experiencing history firsthand. Or maybe you'll read about jumping forwards…
Hanukkah Through the Ages: Books for Kids
Jewish families have celebrated Hanukkah for thousands of years by lighting candles that celebrate miracles and the bravery of the Maccabees as they recaptured the Temple of Jerusalem. As a child, one of my favorite parts of the holiday was to light my special menorah—made out of fabric and Velcro so the candles "burned" all day and night…
School Days
School. We've all been there. If you live in Chicago, your school year is 180 days long. That's a lot of days! But if you do the math, that's only 49.3% of the days in the year. But don't worry—you can use your time outside of school to read some great stories about school. Here's…
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