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Evolving Mirrors and Windows Within Adolescent Literature

David Bruce Smith discusses the expanding canon of adolescent literature that has opened windows to a broader perspective and begun...

History Matters
November 16 to November 30, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for November 2022

“American Republics”
by Alan Taylor

Suggested by Louise Mirrer, Ph.D., president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society

Interview with Michelle Coles
2022 Grateful American Book Prize Winner

As David Bruce Smith, co-founder of the Prize put it: “This is a unique, powerful ‘must read’ for America’s young...

History Matters
November 1 to November 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

An Origin Story: The Grateful American Book Prize

David Bruce Smith recalls how his desire for more kids to get excited about American history turned into the Grateful...

History Matters
October 16 to October 31, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for October 2022

“The Zealot and the Emancipator”
by H. W. Brands

Suggested by William J. O’Connor, Ph.D., executive vice president of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation

History Matters
October 1 to October 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Michelle Coles’ Debut Novel Wins 2022 Grateful American Book Prize

Coles receives the top honor for her historical novel, Black Was the Ink

History Matters
September 16 to September 30, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for September 2022

“The Guns of August”
by Barbara W. Tuchman

Suggested by Elizabeth von Hassell, executive director of the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Virginia

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