There is something important in reading or listening to true stories about people who have accomplished great things under difficult circumstances. Such stories often provide the reader/listener with ...

Christmas has always been the season that brings out the best version of our family. With four kids spanning every major age range, including a toddler, an early-elementary kid, a tween, and a full ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

(RNS) — Author Emily Stimpson Chapman discusses the pressures of rewriting the Bible, serving as a bridge between young Catholics and Scripture, and her new sense of being a spiritual mother. (RNS) — ...

The title "The Nutcracker" mainly refers to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's two-act classical ballet, which was inspired by an 1816 magical tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann. It narrates the tale of a young girl who ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...