Stephenie Meyer, an Arizona mother of three, woke up June 3, 2003 with a vampire dream fresh in her mind. The dream was so vivid, that she decided to write it down so she wouldn't lose any of it.
Dot-to-dot puzzles, also known as connect-the-dot pictures, are a terrific printable activity for youngsters just learning to count or to recite the alphabet.
Errol Lincoln Uys is writing his epic of America "live" on the Internet. Uys has worked on two epics from start to finish, his own "Brazil" and collaboration with James A. Michener on "The Covenant," the same multilayered tasks unfolding on the Web.
Novelist Errol Lincoln Uys reveals the thinking behind today's digital literary revolution on this companion blog to his epic "A Novel of America"
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was one of the greatest biologists of the nineteenth century.
Sacagawea was born in approximately 1788 into the Lemhi Shoshone tribe of Idaho. Through the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, we know some of her story because in November, 1804 a pregnant, teenage Sacagawea and her husband joined the Corps
Gingerbread is a baked treat that dates back to the Middle Ages. It is thought to have first appeared in the U.S. in the nineteenth century, when the Swiss monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana baked gingerbread on holidays, and gave it to the sick.
The preschool years are simultaneously enchanting and exhausting. So much energy bundled into those tiny little bodies!
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was one of the best-known abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born a slave in New York in approximately 1797, she was freed in 1828.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it revolves around family, good food, and an attitude of gratitude.