Lynn Green
Content by Lynn Green
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The Great Depression was a difficult era for most everyone in the United States, but doubly so for African Americans, who were dealing not only with economic hardship but racial discrimination as w
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Standing head and shoulders (or should that be hat and fins?) above the competition, Jon Klassen was awarded the 2013 Caldecott Medal for
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In his first published book, Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind, acclaimed director and screenwriter Gary Ross takes young readers on a high-flying journey that stretches all the way from a boy’s bedroom to a pirate-infested island and a hidden canyon.
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Once you've read Susan Vaught's new novel for teens, you're not likely to look at an overweight person in quite the same way again.
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Lulu is a girl with a mind of her own.An only child with indulgent parents, she proclaims that she wants a pet brontosaurus for her birthday—and she expects to get one.
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Based on the real-life story of a special box that linked a mother and son, The Kiss Box is a sweet and simple picture book about a love so strong that distance can’t diminis
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Best known as the creator of beloved picture book characters Yoko, McDuff and Max and Ruby, author-illustrator Rosemary Wells has targeted an older age group in much of her recent work, writing fiv
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Mudshark, aka Lyle Williams, is a cool kid, the kind who doesn’t have to say he’s cool for the other kids to know it.
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This has been an especially good year for new picture books about important figures in women’s history (check out our roundup here). One of our favorites of this group is Brave Girl, the story of an "uncrushable" young immigrant who led a 1909 strike by New York garment workers.
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Author Lisa McMann took some chances with her latest book, The Unwanteds, and her unexpected choices have clearly paid off. For the first time, she aimed her work at a middle grade audience, rather than the teen readers who have made her Wake trilogy a bestseller. And she tackled a genre—dystopian fantasy—that's much more popular in the YA world than in middle grade fiction.
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Pampering our pets is a growing priority in America, where owners are spending more time, money and energy to ensure that their furry companions are content.
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Pampering our pets is a growing priority in America, where owners are spending more time, money and energy to ensure that their furry companions are content.
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Pampering our pets is a growing priority in America, where owners are spending more time, money and energy to ensure that their furry companions are content.
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Pampering our pets is a growing priority in America, where owners are spending more time, money and energy to ensure that their furry companions are content.
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Pampering our pets is a growing priority in America, where owners are spending more time, money and energy to ensure that their furry companions are content.
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More than 30 years ago, when he was an idealistic young college student, Kent M. Keith wrote a set of guidelines for achieving personal fulfillment.
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Whether you recognize him as Captain Kirk of "Star Trek," Denny Crane from "Boston Legal" or that Priceline guy, chances are you've encountered William Shatner at some point during his 60-year ca
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Are you suffering from CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome)? Has your kitchen table disappeared under a mountain of clutter?
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In the fitness world, swimmers don't seem to get the attention that runners do, but dedicated swimmers are every bit as committed to their chosen form of exercise as the many distance runners o
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Things go from bad to worse in short order for Daisy, the endearing but decidedly imperfect heroine of Meg Rosoff’s fascinating young adult novel, How I Live Now.
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Though his first book for children was 2005's Pond Scum, Alan Silberberg first attracted our attention with the publication of Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze in 2010. This unexpectedly tender book combines humor and insight with Silberberg's own cartoon-style drawings to tell the story of a boy dealing with an aching sense of loss after the death of his mother.
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On a clear midsummer morning, Toyofumi Ogura was walking home along a dusty road when he saw a huge flash of light. "Off to my right, the sky split open over the city of Hiroshima.
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What would it be like if your favorite character from a book came to life and left his fictional world behind to join you in reality? Jodi Picoult teams up with her 16-year-old daughter Samantha van Leer to answer that question in a clever and charming new novel for teens.
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Previously best known as the co-author of the mega-selling Animorphs series, Katherine Applegate vaults into the ranks of literary luminaries in the children’s book world as the 2013 winner of the Newbery Medal.
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After the events of Sept. 11, 2001, most Americans and millions of other people around the world came to regard Rudy Giuliani as a great leader.
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"Comprehensive" is definitely the first word that comes to mind to describe The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health.
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A wonderful gift for a first-time expectant mother, the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is a reassuring reference on what to expect in pregnancy.
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In the area of men's health, one of the most talked-about topics is prostate cancer. Men want to know how to prevent prostate disease and what treatment to opt for if they get it.
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If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with colon cancer, you'll want to read Dr. Mark Pochapin's new book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Colorectal Cancer.
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As a teacher, a parent and a writer, Jon Scieszka has learned that there are big differences between boys and girls when it comes to reading.
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Summer camp can be a wonderful experience especially for the camper's parents, who are free to enjoy a few blissfully peaceful weeks at home.
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Walden Pond is a sacred place in American literature, a symbol of one man's effort to savor and preserve the natural world.
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<B>Is cohabitation all it's cracked up to be?</B> To shack up, or not to shack up: that is the question for today's single girl.
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Employees of the hospitality industry—hotel clerks, restaurant workers, valet parkers—have a unique view of two things: how hotels operate and what hotel guests are really like.
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If you're a James Patterson fan it might help to be a speed reader, since this prolific suspense author turns out books at an incredible pace.
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<B>John Grisham's spy game</B> How would you feel if you found out the CIA wanted you dead? Anxious, to say the least.
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If you love dogs and good writing, chances are you’re familiar with the work of Jon Katz, a former journalist and CBS News producer who has chronicled his life with dogs in such memoirs as
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For most Americans, the name George McGovern is inextricably linked to his 1972 presidential campaign, a race that ended in a crushing, landslide victory for Richard Nixon.
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All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes even our favorite television shows.
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With the publication of his new novel, The Bridge, Doug Marlette joins the ranks of writers who also happen to be accomplished cartoonists including such luminaries as John Updike, Flanner
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Children’s author Lauren Myracle may be the only person who can lay claim to the title of being a former National Book Award finalist.
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Readers learn on the very first page of Paperboy, Vince Vawter’s touching middle grade no
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With a 20-year career in the music business, Ruta Sepetys was on an unusual course to become a best-selling author.
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An almost unrelenting sadness envelops Ana's Story, a new book for teens by presidential daughter Jenna Bush.
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One of our favorite new children's books is Three Times Lucky, a middle grade mystery from first-time author Sheila Turnage. With a lead character who reminds us more than a little of Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, a rollicking cast of Southern eccentrics and plenty of strange goings-on in the tiny town of Tupelo Landing, this beautifully told story . . .
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Michael Barson has been a comics collector for decades, in addition to his day job as co-director of publicity for Putnam/Riverhead Publishing.
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Two patient little pigs turn an unfortunate incident into an opportunity for cooperation and friendship in Inga Moore’s delightful new picture book, A House in the Woods.
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Aw, doggone it, who could resist the latest adorable offering from popular author-illustrator Matthew Van Fleet?
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American flags are mingling with holly and tinsel this holiday season, as the burst of patriotism that swept the nation after the September terrorist attacks continues to find expression in displ
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American flags are mingling with holly and tinsel this holiday season, as the burst of patriotism that swept the nation after the September terrorist attacks continues to find expression in displ
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Readers of a certain age (and I'll admit that I'm one of them) will feel waves of nostalgia when they turn the pages of My Go to Bed Book.
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Closing the gaps in women's history Talk to young women about the women's movement, and their eyes glaze over. That's ancient history.
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Closing the gaps in women's history Talk to young women about the women's movement, and their eyes glaze over. That's ancient history.
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Closing the gaps in women's history Talk to young women about the women's movement, and their eyes glaze over. That's ancient history.
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Closing the gaps in women's history Talk to young women about the women's movement, and their eyes glaze over. That's ancient history.
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A gripping tale of guilt and grace Mary Culpepper isn't your typical modern heroine.
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oming Home to Harmony Jan Karon hit the motherlode of publishing when she tapped into a deeply felt yearning for small-town community and character.
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My little runaway Jim Harrison turns his considerable writing talents to children's literature in an autobiographical tale due out later this month.
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Man can be a dog's best friend In 1982, a group of men and women banded together to buy a ranch in southwest Utah's rugged canyon country.
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say, can you sing The Star-Spangled Banner? America's national anthem is undoubtedly one of the few that expresses its themes in the form of a question.
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Anchors aweigh! Have you ever wanted to chuck out all bills, meetings, deadlines, traffic and try a more rewarding lifestyle?
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As the holiday season approaches, our thoughts turn inevitably toward the task that some of us dread and others relish— Christmas shopping.
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Considering all the snow that’s fallen recently in many parts of the country, some parents might be yearning to get rid of snowmen, snow shovels and everything related to winter.
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Some authors seem to click with moviemakers, and writer Nicholas Sparks is one of the lucky few making his way to the top of Holly- wood's A-list.
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<b>Taking control of life's hectic pace</b> This article should have been finished sooner, but I had to reply to the 48 e-mail messages in my inbox, not to mention all those voice mail
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Any parent who has tried to keep a child occupied during a long wait in a doctor's office or a cross-country drive will appreciate the wonderfully self-contained entertainment to be found in The C
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Except for newcomers, almost everyone in Nashville instantly recognizes the name “Marcia Trimble.” The nine-year-old disappeared from her Green Hills neighborhood one winter evening in
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Why money doesn't make us happy An editor for The New Republic and The Atlantic, Gregg Easterbrook is known as a keen observer of modern culture.
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Known in the early 20th century as the site of a black cultural renaissance and later as a symbol of urban decline, Harlem has long been considered a center of African-American life.
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Life is good for Rocket, the adorable spotted dog who stars in Tad Hills' new picture book, How Rocket Learned to Read.
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Who got himself in a bit of a fix recently for describing Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek as a robot ?
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Author-illustrator Barney Saltzberg has a special talent for capturing the magic of the creative process, as evidenced in his 2011 picture book, Beautiful Oops. He returns to the subject of creativity in his latest picture book, Andrew Drew and Drew, an exuberant and clever portrait of a boy who loves to draw.
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British author Lynne Truss is a self-described "stickler," a nut about punctuation who can't rest easy when she sees mistakes on street signs, newspaper headlines or billboards.
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For anyone facing a difficult situation or living through a crisis, a few words of sympathy and encouragement can work wonders lifting the gloom and offering hope that better days lie ahead.
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Thank goodness we've ditched the notion that only men can benefit from weight training.
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One thing leads to another, an adage proven delightfully true in Stuck, the latest in a string of visually distinctive and endearing picture books by author-illustrator Oliver Jeff
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Tony Hillerman has delighted a generation of mystery readers with books that offer not only the usual crime fiction thrills but also enlightening glimpses of the Navajo people and their culture.
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Even if the stories by female inmates in I'll Fly Away weren't searing, powerful and revealing, this would still be a book worth reading as a show of support for those who went through so much
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