A survey of children's books that put a human face on the complexities of America’s past

Daniel Berrigan, S.J., went from a poet to an activist, and turned activism into poetry.

This is a book about war, about inhumane acts, about personal and institutional instincts of self-preservation.

Three recent books on Thoreau, prompted by the the 200th anniversary of his birth, deepen our understanding of him.

Fiction moves us, engages us, finds for us truths we may not have recognized when first presented to us as fact. Fiction teaches us agility, the importance of leaping from word to meaning, and the pleasure that’s to be had in doing so.

Be careful when you're editing famous writers!