Women's History Month is a great time to look back at some of the women who have served in our federal government. In 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed the first Secretary of State. More than 200 years later, Madeleine Albright was appointed the 64th Secretary of State by President Bill Clinton. She was the first woman to hold the…
Diverse Beginning Readers for Every Kid
Authors of beginning reader series have heard that #WeNeedDiverseBooks! New readers will grab all of these engaging titles off the shelves. Two new series feature city kids creating their own fun. Go on some neighborhood adventures with the Bradford Street Buddies in Backyard Camp-out and Block Party Surprise. In the Confetti Kids series, Lily explores New York City and makes…
Tough Broads 3
Minerva Koenig's sequel to Nine Days, South of Nowhere, is out, to which I say, hooray! Julie Kalas is renovating a house while recovering from stab wounds inflicted by the woman she bought the house from when she discovers a mummified corpse in the heating chase. Must be time for a very long vacation in, say…
#TBT: Lady Gaga Is Born
For this Throwback Thursday, I'd like to look at the stratospheric rise of Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, who turns 30 on Monday, March 28. In less than a decade since her first album, The Fame, Lady Gaga has made an indelible mark on pop music, even drawing comparisons to Madonna. There has…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know NCAA Basketball?
March Madness is underway! This year’s bracket-shattering tournament is keeping us on the edge of our seats as many low-seed teams made unexpected exits in the first round. And 10 double-digit-seeded teams advanced to the second round! Will a Cinderella team win the championship? We’ll have to wait and see, but in the meantime, test…
The Heroines of the Women’s Liberation Movement
Equal pay and equal opportunity for women. Today these are basic rights, not radical concepts. But less than 50 years ago, The New York Times still had separate want ads for men and women. “All the good jobs—the premier jobs—were for the males,” says Jacqui Ceballos in She's Beautiful When She's Angry, an inspiring documentary…
Adventures in Neuro-Atypicality
Lucy, the narrator of Michelle Adelman's Piece of Mind, suffered a brain injury at the age of three and lives with her loving, protective family in Westchester County, New York. She can do many things, particularly draw animals and memorize facts about them, but is hopeless at others: moving gracefully, organizing, and other executive functions. When…
City of the Century: Chicago History Classics
A history book that reads like a novel? Well, not quite, but when anybody asks for a readable history of Chicago, I recommend City of the Century. It has a plot. Chicago started the 19th century as a vague far western destination meaning perhaps wild onion, perhaps bad smell or perhaps something else. It had…
5 Food Memoirs for Hungry Readers
If you, like me, are drawn to books that incorporate personal anecdotes, food descriptions and literary references, I offer you these personally vetted food memoirs. Voracious by butcher and food writer Cara Nicoletti spawned from her literary supper (book) club with friends. It offers well-crafted stories about literary food scenes from Nicoletti's impressive reading lists since childhood. Her tasty recipes will leave you craving jelly…
Caught Reading on the CTA #66, March 2016
I must confess: I have a love/hate relationship with CTA's #66 bus. It's uncomfortably crowded at times and not always waiting for me on the corner the second I get there. However, if you live in Nobel Square, Ukrainian Village, East Village, Humboldt Park or any of the other neighborhoods this bus cuts through, you know it's the best…
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