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0 0 likes | 60 60 playsLaurie Ann Thompson, tells of some very tiny critters who are also very tough. If you never heard of a tardigrade, you won't forget it. You can also read the text… -
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0 0 likes | 100 100 playsAndrea Warren tells the story of a tale by a young father became a classic for all times. You can read the text here. -
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0 0 likes | 20 20 playsLights all around us are part of the holiday season. But light in technology sends any kind of message. Vicki Cobb explains how. You can read the text here. -
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1 1 likes | 94 94 playsHere's evidence that cat's are smart. Aline Newman tells the story of Percy, a cat who commuted from home to his favorite spot by train, every day. And he… -
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0 0 likes | 26 26 playsAuthor Carla Killough McClafferty tells the sad story of the outcome of the use of paint that contained the newly discovered element radium, that glowed in the dark. A… -
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0 0 likes | 48 48 playsMarlene Brill gives tips on how to write a biography. She uses her experience on the writing of her biography of Delores Heurta, a woman who was an activist for rights… -
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0 0 likes | 22 22 playsThis is an amazing story of a nineteenth century design competition of engineers to build a bridge across a river in what is now West Virginia. Roxie Munro has a… -
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0 0 likes | 1,203 1,203 playsAline Newman and her husband Neil were awakened in their country home by a strange sound in their house. It must have been made by an animal but it was a sound like no… -
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0 0 likes | 266 266 playsSelene Castrovilla tells a compelling story of a French hero of the Revolutionary War. The support of the French was key to separating our colonies from the British. … -
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0 0 likes | 87 87 playsDeep in the ocean, down where the blue and green light of the sky cannot penetrate, there lives a fish that can see the color red. Why? How? Author/illustrator Steven… -
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0 0 likes | 30 30 playsEnslavement of Africans is the brutal stain on the founding of the United States of America. Doreen Rappaport tells the compelling story of a man who escaped slavery… -
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0 0 likes | 31 31 playsWant to know how crime-solving became a profession? Marissa Moss tells the riveting story of a man who founded one of the first great detective agencies on the planet. … -
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0 0 likes | 630 630 playsSusanna Reich, an iNK author, discovered that she lived near the home of a woman who was key to getting women the vote. So she investigated and composed a Nonfiction… -
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0 0 likes | 75 75 playsShould the government be able to force you to accept a vaccine for a very infectious, deadly disease that may keep you from getting sick and protect society? Cynthia… -
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0 0 likes | 26 26 playsWho was America's first astronaut in space when we were losing the space race to the Soviet Union? Jan Adkins tells us of his heroic journey, You can also read…