EXPLORING TIME TRAVEL WONDERS IN BOOKS

What is time travel? Time travel fiction involves characters exploring the past or the future. This usually involves a time-travel device of some kind, making these stories part of the science fiction genre, although this is not always the case. The genre was pioneered by British writer H.G. Wells’ 1895 novel The Time Machine. The perpetual one-way nature of…

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DISCOVER HOW GNOMES INSPIRE KIDS TO EXPLORE CREATIVITY

  The Magical World of Gnomes Gnome origins are woven into European folklore, dwarfish, subterranean goblin, or earth spirit who guards mines of precious treasures hidden in the Earth. These unique creatures are incorporated into medieval mythologies; they are usually small, physically deformed (usually hunchbacked) creatures resembling a dry, gnarled old man. Gob, the king…

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HOW TIME TRAVEL STORIES HELP KIDS LEARN ABOUT HSTORY

Do you ever think about tumbling into another period as a time traveler? That’s what Abigail, the character in my new book – Abigail and Sego’s Magical Train Ride – did to solve a mystery for her 6th-grade bicentennial assignment. She tumbles from life in 1976 to the 1860s. Come along and see what she…

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Can Mark Twain’s Childhood Inspire Future Young Authors?

Writers are both naturally born and can be made. Early childhood can be a source of inspiration for a great novelist. Mark Twain is an example of a great writer who received creative inspiration from his childhood home and its surrounding world. Here are some exciting events in his life that inspired his future. Mark…

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Take Your Kids to Colorado get closer to the blue skies

Along the Santa Fe Trail by Ginger Wadsworth An adaptation of the author’s biography, Land of Enchantment, describes her eventful 1852 journey with her mother and brother from Kansas to California over the Santa Fe trail in a large wagon train.       Colorado is the 38th state and it was awarded Statehood on…

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DISCOVER WHY KIDS NEED AN ARIZONA VACATION

Arizona: The 48th State. It was the last of the 48 states to join the union. It offers wonders of nature—the Grand Canyon with 277 miles of the gorge carved by the Colorado River. Native Americans have been living in the state for centuries. One special place to add to visit is the Havasupai Indian…

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