Marie Antoinette was a symbol of the monarchy of France, but she wasn’t French. Born Maria Antonia, she was Austrian, and grew up in Vienna at the Habsburg court. Her favorite palaces were Schoenbrunn, summer palace outside Vienna, and the Petit Trianon and Hamlet at Versailles.
Read more…National Constitution Center Philadelphia: We the People
“The power under the Constitution will always be with the people.” George Washington 1787.
Definitely plan on a visit to the National Constitution Center on your next family trip to Philadelphia, best with older kids and teens, though little kids will have fun in the Signer’s Hall.
African American Experience: 20 new and favorite children’s books
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…John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt: A timeless legacy
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…Immigrant Experience Children’s Books
The United States is a nation of immigrants.
Children’s books open wide windows into worlds of difference, and tell inspiring stories of hope, courage, new ideas, and social change in America.
Lunar New Year – It’s the Year of the Snake
Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) is coming up – it’s the Year of the Snake.
Legends and lucky symbols of the New Year, videos of San Francisco and Bangkok, children’s books, fun food to celebrate the holiday.