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To Kill a Mockingbird
April 26, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
Harper Lee published her first novel in 1960, at the age of thirty-four. It won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction the following year. “To Kill a Mockingbird” tells two stories at once: one about attorney Atticus Finch’s defense of a …[Continue]

Earth Day
April 12, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated annually on April 22. Although ideally every day should be Earth Day, the annual holiday presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about earth science, ecology, and the environment….[Continue]

Easter Crafts
April 5, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
Spring has sprung. Easter is around the corner. And bunnies, baskets and eggs are cropping up everywhere! In celebration, here’s a round-up of Easter craft sites that go above and beyond the usual egg dying projects. Happy Easter!…[Continue]
Surfing the Calendar
- National Physical Fitness and Sports MonthMay
- National Youth Traffic Safety MonthMay
- National Flower MonthMay
- Skin Cancer Awareness MonthMay
- Sudoku First Published as Number Place in Dell Puzzle MagazineMay, 1979
- Karol Wojtyla Birthday (Pope John Paul II)May 18, 1920
- Major Mount St. Helens Volcanic EruptionMay 18, 1980
- Circus Day, Anniversary of First Ringling Brothers PerformanceMay 19, 1884
- Premiere of Star Wars: Episode IMay 19, 1999
- Charles Lindbergh Flies Historic Solo Nonstop Transatlantic FlightMay 20-21, 1927
- Amelia Earhart’s Atlantic CrossingMay 20, 1932
- Weights and Measures DayMay 20, 2022
- Most Powerful Earthquake of the 20th Century Struck ChileMay 22, 1960
- Margaret Wise Brown’s BirthdayMay 23, 1910
- World Turtle DayMay 23, 2022
- National Backyard Games WeekMay 23 - 29, 2022
- Cellophane Tape PatentedMay 27, 1930
- Golden Gate Bridge OpensMay 27, 1937
- Sojourner Truth Gives “Ain’t I Woman?” SpeechMay 28-29, 1851
- John F. Kennedy’s BirthdayMay 29, 1917
- More Surfing the Calendar