Autor: David R Collins

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed. Young blacksmith John Deere knew about the problem, so he designed and built a self-scouri …

E. B. White first recognized the magic in words when he was very young. As a child, some of his happiest hours were spent finding just the right words to describe his feelings and experiences. After …

Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people–certainly Beatrix Potter’s proper Victorian parents–would have thought belonged in a meadow, not in …

Samuel Clemens grew up in a child’s paradise–Hannibal, Missouri. There, mischief added humor to everyday events as Sam encountered the folks who would one day reappear as Huck Finn, Aunt Polly, and …