21 September 1898, Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power, ending China’s Hundred Days’ Reform I always love it when I find great books for...

9 September 1543: Mary Stuart crowned Queen of the Scots When Shakespeare penned the line, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” he...

I was quite literally awakened this morning not by my alarm but instead by the incessant buzzing of constant news notifications. As I...

Diary of a Young Naturalist By Dara McAnulty Pages: 222 Ages: 12+ Subject: Memoir, Natural History, Family, Autism, Activism Publisher:...

Heroic Women of the Art World By Eugene H. Pool Pages: 200 Ages: 12+ Subject: Art History Publisher: Tumblehome Despite its – in my...

18 July 64 A.D.: The Great Fire of Rome The Great Fire of Rome: Life and Death in the Ancient City by Joseph J. Walsh Pages: 192 Series:...

Sometimes while searching for books for one post I come across a title that doesn't really fit but is too wonderful not to highlight....

16 July 1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, is born in Borge, Østfeld, Norway. Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment...

10 May 1869: Transcontinental railroad completed as the ceremonial final spike is driven at Promontory Point, Utah Iron Rails, Iron Men,...

8 May 1429: End of the English siege of the French city of Orléans Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley Nonfiction/Illustrated biography...

7 May 1919: Birthday of Eva Perón, politically powerful wife of Argentine President Juan Perón Eva Perón: First Lady of Argentina by...

6 May 1942: Last Allied bastion in the Philippines, the American garrison on Corregidor Island, surrenders to the Japanese The...

5 May 1821: Napoleon Bonaparte, former ruler of France, dies in exile on St. Helena Betsy and the Emperor by Staton Rabin...

4 May 1886: Haymarket Riot in Chicago, as violence erupts between police and labor movement protesters City of Grit and Gold by Maud...

3 May 1937: American author Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Gone with the Win Gone with the Wind by Margaret...

2 May 1892: Manfred, Freiherr (Baron) von Richthofen (the "Red Baron") born in Breslau, Germany (present day Wroclaw, Poland) The Red...

28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five friends launch the raft Kon Tiki into the Pacific Ocean to test a theory that humans could have...

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger Nonfiction 251...

Spooked! How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow In 1938, in the United...

by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Illustrated by Gillian Newland Don’t let the picture book format fool you. This work gives a bleak...