On March 17th, 2013, a meteor the size of a small boulder traveling over 70 times the speed of a bullet crashed into the surface of the Moon. It created an explosion so bright that it could be seen from Earth—without a telescope! Scientists think that the force of the explosion was the same ...

Growing up, life was innocent and wonderful. In kindergarten I had my first crush. Austin Brown. My mom thought it was cute, and I thought he was cute. In second grade I had trouble sleeping the night before the back-to-back episodes of PBS's "Arthur" played. I was disappointed because I ...

Two months before my mother's 68th birthday, she mentioned to my niece and me, that her neighbor rode her bike everywhere. Mom was thinking how much fun that would be.My response was, "Let's get you a bike!" Whereas, my niece, who had only known her grandmother as an older woman and was ...

<strong>The story so far:</strong> The wagon train carrying several families to Oregon has just been through a buffalo stampede. Nancy and her friend Mary Katherine are worried about their families.Mary Katherine's face registered alarm. "Mother and the baby? Are ...

Adults are often asked what they think of their lawmakers, how they spend their free time and even whether they like cream and sugar in their coffee. But how often are kids asked what they think?"It's important to listen and to hear and respond to what the children say," said Cynthia Price, who ...

<strong>May, 1847 (Plum Creek, Nebraska)</strong>Nancy Stearnes trudged alongside her family's wagon, in a cloud of dust stirred up by the oxen's plodding feet. Ahead of the Stearnes' wagon were a dozen others, and behind them, as many more, all bound for ...