New and favorite stories of dedication, creativity and dreams of exceptional African Americans, discrimination in daily life, dark days of enslaved Black people, and a fierce optimism to not only survive, but thrive.
Read more…Preserve our national parks and monuments for everyone
Here’s to John Muir for a timeless legacy of wilderness for future generations and creation of national parks, and Teddy Roosevelt, who used his presidency to create federal protection for public lands, national monuments, cultural heritage sites. Plus children’s books about national parks, and need for conservation today.
Read more…Summer 2025: Tips for Visiting US National Parks
Know before you go to US national parks this summer.
On the NPS website, for each park find out about day-use reservations, current road conditions, weather, alerts about fire and air quality, trail conditions, traffic conditions, wildlife safety, and more.
Uffizi Museum for Kids
The Uffizi Museum (Galleria degli Uffizi) in Florence has a magnificent collection of Italian painting and sculpture. Here’s tips for families visiting the Uffizi, and some favorite artworks to see – paintings by Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, portraits of Medici children, angels, battles, and coats of arms.
Read more…Buried Cities: Pompeii, Oplontis, Herculaneum
Pompeii, Oplontis and Herculaneum were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. These buried cities were forgotten for more than a thousand years. Years of excavation reveal the ancient Roman people and cities, which kids can see on a trip to Campania in Italy.
Read more…Snakes of Pompeii
In Pompeii, serpents decorated household shrines, kitchens, shops, crossroads, and public temples. In these places, snakes are not scary or evil; quite the opposite, snakes are guardian deities and “bringers of abundance.”
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