History MattersJanuary 2025 January 13, 2025 by Michael F. Bishop for David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American Book Prize Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future, with book recommendations. Read More
The Awakening January 5, 2025 The novel hit the literary world like an explosion of an anarchist bomb upon its 1899 publication. Read More
Shirley Jackson: Lottery Winner January 2, 2025 Special to the Newsletter by Michael F. Bishop Read More
Submit Your Book for the 2025 Grateful American Book Prize January 2, 2025 The annual book prize is awarded for high quality, 7th to 9th grade level historical fiction, non-fiction, and biographies about... Read More
History MattersDecember 2024 December 10, 2024 by Ed Lengel for David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American Book Prize Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future, with book recommendations. Read More
AdLit Interviews Author Stuart H. Brody December 2, 2024 The 2024 Grateful American Book Prize winner discusses writing his award-winning novel "Humphrey and Me" Read More
The Grapes of Wrath December 1, 2024 Originally published in 1939, the pages unfolded the story of the Joad family, who fled the Oklahoma Dustbowl to seek... Read More