Material to explore the characters in Christopher Castellani's Leading Men.
Arbor Day Reads: Trees in Fiction
Have trees on your mind for Arbor Day? Scratch the itch by exploring fabulous fiction featuring trees. Any discussion about trees in literature would not be complete without mentioning Richard Powers' sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory. Featuring nine characters and spanning generations, the novel's series of interlocking stories of humans' relationships to trees, like…
Arbor Day Reads: Trees in Nonfiction
Arbor Day is a good excuse to stop and consider trees, those amazing plants that we tend to ignore as part of the background scenery, something we walk past to get where we're going. One of the most remarkable recent books on the subject is The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. He shares fascinating new…
Marvel-ous Movie Directors
Marvel Studios has notably hired visionary and independent directors to helm their movie franchise rather than established Hollywood action directors, and some credit the approach as one of the secrets of their success. As the series comes to a climax with the release of Avengers: Endgame, let's look at the work that put these directors…
Celebremos el Cinco de Mayo
May 5 is Cinco de Mayo but before the celebración— Pop Quiz! True or False: Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day. False: If you want to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day, you'll have to wait until September 16. On May 5, 1862, an outnumbered and courageous Mexican army defeated the French army at the Battle of…
Dance Books for Kids
Do you love to dance? Are you the type of person who can’t help but move when you hear music? Once it starts do you always wiggle, tap your foot, hum along or sway without even realizing you’ve started? Check out these recommended titles if you’re interested in reading true stories of dancers who followed…
The Sun Is Also a Star Readalikes
How excited are you for the movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon's dreamy romance The Sun Is Also A Star? If you can't get enough of love-at-first-meet romances, try these books. My favorite parts of Yoon's novel are Natasha and Daniel's discussions about the multiverse and alternate realities. Another story that incorporates parallel realities is Love…
With the Fire On High Readalikes for Teens
Emoni has always understood food. She knows what flavors go well together and what spice will add just the right amount of kick. So when her school offers a culinary course taught by a real chef, she's thrilled. Except it's a lot to juggle her dreams of running a restaurant with the reality of raising…
125th Anniversary of the Pullman Strike
2019 is the 125th anniversary of the Pullman Strike. Learn more about this important highlight in labor history.
Green Business in Chicago: 5 Articles for Small Business Week
With spring in full bloom, it’s a great time to think about how green initiatives and sustainability impact our urban environment. So, in honor of spring and Small Business Week, which begins May 5, let’s take a look at a few green business and green jobs that exist right in our own city. You can…
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