How to Bee

by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 25, 2026

In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. Peony lives with her sister, Magnolia, and her grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Even though...

Burying the Moon

by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 20, 2026

In Latika’s village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets...

The Story and Science of Hope

by boot | Oct 1, 2025

Did you know that people who are high in hope are happier and healthier, they live longer, do better in school and have stronger friendships? Modern researchers — called Hope Theorists — are helping us to understand that we can use hope to improve our own lives and...

Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance

by boot | Sep 8, 2025

The White Rose Resistance was the German student movement that used the power of the written word to speak out against the Nazis during World War II. They worked in secret to distribute leaflets condemning the government’s actions, putting their own lives at risk. The...

No Vacancy

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025

Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the...