Full STEM ahead! To celebrate the release of Nikola Tesla for Kids by Amy M. O'Quinn, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite stem activities from the book. Keep the kids entertained this summer as they explore Nikola Tesla's ideas and inventions!
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In our interview with author Ann McCallum Staats, she reveals the most surprising stories she discovered during her research as well as her process and inspiration for writing Women Heroes of the US Army. Read below to learn more!



 

Women Heroes of the US Army includes profiles from a…

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Read below to learn about Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi’s challenges during the research and writing of her newest book This Is Really War and what she hopes readers will take away from the story.

This Is Really War is a groundbreaking history of the US Navy nurses held prisoner in the Philippines d

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Read below to learn about author Cathryn J. Prince’s writing process for her new book Queen of the Mountaineers and how the story of American mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman relates to the modern feminist movement.



Queen of the Mountaineers is the story of Fanny Bullock Workman's role …

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Happy publication week to Kerry McDonald, author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom. To celebrate her new book, we asked Kerry McDonald a few questions about the changing trends of education and how she drew upon her own experiences and educatio…

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In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching on May 2nd, we interviewed author Howard Reich about his experience writing The Art of Inventing Hope and about his conversations with Elie Wiesel.

The Art of Inventing Hope offers an inside look at unprecedented, in-depth conversations between

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month and the publication month for US of AA so we interviewed author Joseph Miller about the research and writing process for his new book about the intertwined histories of the founding of AA and the science of alcoholism. Read below to learn how his narrative structure …

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Read below to learn from author Bev Saltzman Lewyn about the challenges and insights she gained while helping her father-in-law, Bert Lewyn, write On the Run in Nazi Berlin, a memoir about his experiences as a runaway Jew in the heart of the Nazi empire.

 

What first inspired you to help your…

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Read below to learn from author Sue Nelson about her writing process and the inspiration for her newest book Wally Funk’s Race for Space.

Publishers Weekly says, “Funk is accomplished, charismatic and energetic, and readers will be glad they got to spend time with her and Nelson via this well…

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Read below to hear from author Krystyna Poray Goddu on her inspiration for writing her newest book and what she hopes young readers take away from reading Becoming Emily: The Life of Emily Dickinson, which Booklist calls “a charming biography of the Belle of Amherst” and “a winner for middle-g…

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