A discussion of what makes a successful children’s picture book. Participants include: Kevin Henkes, Uri Shulevitz, and Barbara Barstow.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robert Laughlin tells Steve Paulson that physicists are an eccentric bunch. He should know.
Jessica Stern is one of the world's foremost experts on terrorism. In her book "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," Stern recounts her own brutal rape at age fifteen.
A few weeks ago, we asked you to send us your stories of unforgettable neighbors. Here’s one from Wisconsin listener Donna Jaehrling.
Julia Sweeney grew up Catholic, but lost her faith and left the Church.
Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.
Mohamed Nasheed is on a mission to save his country. The Maldives is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; some models predict that the Maldives could be underwater in a few decades.
Laurel Kendall is one of the curators of "Mythic Creatures," a blockbuster exhibition at the American Natural History Museum.
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