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  America’s Greatest Democratic...

  Editors Charles River

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  Woodrow Wilson’s presidency was monumentally consequential, but it is not without its critics, nor is the man himself. Even as Wilson has come to be viewed as one of America’s greatest presidents, perception of Wilson and his administration as racist have also taken hold. Despite being one of the early 20th century’s most forceful proponents of a globalized foreign policy, Wilson’s personal views and comments were ardently anti-immigration, and Wilson’s administration entrenched and expanded segregation in the federal government. 
  	For over a decade, President Roosevelt threw everything he had at the Great Depression, and then threw everything the country had at the Axis powers during World War II. Ultimately, he succumbed to illness in the middle of his fourth term, just before the Allies won the war. The new president, Harry Truman, had to usher America through victory in Europe in his first month and decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a few months later, but the end of World War II produced only the first of many consequential decisions Truman would face during his nearly 8 years in office. As president, Truman would lay the groundwork for the next 50 years of American foreign policy, as the architect of Cold War containment, the man who signed off on the Marshall Plan, and the commander-in-chief during much of the Korean War. He would also be the president who finally integrated the military, a crucial step on the way to full civil rights for the country’s minorities.  
  Had Lyndon Johnson’s presidency included just his domestic agenda, he would have unquestionably been one of America’s greatest presidents. Unfortunately, as he was engineering a new social contract at home, he was ramping up American military participation in a tiny country thousands of miles away in Southeast Asia. For a man who accomplished so much at home, it’s ironic and tragic that his presidency and legacy were permanently marred by Vietnam.

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  Frankie and Friends: The Lost Tooth

  Christine Platt

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  Frankie’s first loose tooth might fall out during the Kids’ Journalism Conference. How can she help the Tooth Fairy find her when she’s away from home? 
    
  Breaking news! Ace junior reporter Frankie has her first loose tooth. All of her toys are excited, and Nina Simone the cat gives a joyful purr. Frankie can’t wait to see what the Tooth Fairy brings her. It might even be a brand-new book like her friend Pedro received! Robert the robot calculates that Frankie’s tooth will fall out in about a week. But that means it will happen when Frankie is away at the Kids’ Journalism Conference with Mama. What if the Tooth Fairy can’t find Frankie when she’s not at her house? Can Frankie and her plucky toys come up with a plan to contact the Tooth Fairy so Frankie doesn’t miss out? Young journalists will learn more vocabulary of the trade in this latest adventure featuring our star reporter and her endearing friends.

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  Trouble with Children The...

  Katie Weaver

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  With the pawfect blend of humor and heart, celebrate the wacky and wonderful things about life with children in THE TROUBLE WITH CHILDREN (ACCORDING TO DOG)!The family dog has a LOT to get off his chest. Life with children can be . . . challenging. Between their loud shrieks, too-tight squeezes, and dress-up games, he can’t take any more of these little ones!Except . . . he might have overlooked a few things, like head scratches, treats, and belly rubs. Is it possible they're not so bad after all?From award-winning, bestselling duo Katie Weaver and Caner Soylu comes a hilarious, must-have audiobook that celebrates the joyful chaos of kids.A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

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  1940s Science Fiction 3 - 21...

  Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury,...

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  1940s Science Fiction 3 - 21 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1940sThe Gifts of Asti by Andre NortonFinal Victim by Ray Bradbury and Henry HasseThe Nameless Something by Murray LeinsterRing Around The Sun by Isaac AsimovSavage Galahad by Bryce WaltonThe Man Who Killed The World by Ray CummingsReferent by Ray BradburyEscape From Pluto by William OberfieldPogo Planet by Donald A. WollheimA Hitch in Time by Frederik PohlYou Are Forbidden by Jerry SheltonSpace-Wolf by Ray CummingsThe Unfinished City by Donald A. WollheimThe Weapon by Isaac AsimovMimic by Donald A. WollheimThe Burnt Planet by William BrittainRunaway by Alfred CoppelGangway for Homer by George R. HahnChangeling by Ray BradburyAtomic Station by Frank Belknap LongMiracle by Ray Cummings

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  The Three Musketeers Robin Hood

  Alexandre Dumas, Jim Weiss

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  Two classic tales of high adventure, abridged, adapted, and thrillingly narrated by Jim Weiss!  Travel to long-ago times of heroism and adventure in France and England, in these two classic stories that the whole family will enjoy. Violence is downplayed and the characters in the two swashbuckling stories are portrayed as humans with thoughts and feelings.   Adapted and performed by master storyteller Jim Weiss.

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  A Day for Rememberin' - Inspired...

  Leah Henderson

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  Today is a special day. Eli knows it’s important if he’s allowed to miss one second of school, his “hard-earned right.” 
   
  Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Joined by abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces black, brown,  
  and white, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War. 
   
  Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story of what is regarded as the first Memorial Day. With poignant prose, A Day for Rememberin’ shines light on the little-known history of this important holiday and reminds us never to forget.

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