
The Yarn
October 26, 2023 by Brigid Alverson
The 15th volume of the Magical History Tour looks at dinosaurs and the people who discovered them.
March 23, 2023 by Esther Keller
Victory. Stand!, Tommie Smith's memoir of growing up Black in America and his historic protest at the 1968 Olympics, is a must-read, Esther Keller writes.
February 16, 2023 by Esther Keller
This briefly told story about the oppression of Jews in the former Soviet Union is compelling and will provoke curiosity about a topic that isn’t often told or taught.
October 3, 2022 by Johanna
Three queer young people are taken back in time to the Stonewall Inn on a significant night as a way to learn about the challenges LGBTQ people have faced in recent decades.
September 20, 2022 by Johanna
A fascinating look at the history of the first English settlement in North America and the mystery of what happened to it.
September 15, 2022 by Brigid Alverson
Today we have a preview of a graphic novel about the short but eventful life of a 19th-century woman who left home, put on men's clothes, and took to the sea.
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August 29, 2022 by Johanna
A packed journey through changing attitudes towards settings of natural beauty and historical importance.
July 16, 2020 by Esther Keller
Today Esther reviews one of the first graphic novels in First Second's new History Line.
June 4, 2020 by Esther Keller
In Kiku Hughes' 'Displacement,' a teenage girl goes back in time to the internment camp where her grandmother was held. Through her eyes, we see the everyday life of the Americans who were held in the camps and the extraordinary events that occurred there.
August 16, 2019 by Esther Keller
Anne Frank's Diary is just one person's account of the Holocaust, but it's an account that many people can relate to.
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