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The 2023 Grateful American Book Prize Is Accepting Entries

They should be books of non-fiction, fiction, or biographies suitable for 7th to 9th graders, published between August 1, 2022...

Sojourner Truth

Special to the Newsletter by Michael F. Bishop

Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction

A must-read for fans of the hard-boiled genre, and indeed for anyone interested in the nuances of the American popular...

History Making Women

March is Women's History Month

March 2023 Newsletter

History Matters
March 1 to March 15

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Presidents Day

February 20, 2023

Remember to Revere our Democracy.

Black Americans Who Shook the World

February 16, 2023

Honoring these Americans for their immense achievements

History Matters
February 16 to February 28

February 16, 2023

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for February 2023

“Kindred”
by Octavia E. Butler

February 10, 2023

Suggested by Liz Robelen, a longtime review editor at the Washington Independent Review of Book

Murder in the White House

February 2, 2023

The period drama is intriguing and loaded with potential, but it would have benefitted from a more practiced hand.

Susan B. Anthony:
“Failure is Impossible.”

February 2, 2023

By Michael F. Bishop

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