Christopher Wren and the Bees

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By Gene Kritsky
Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the architect who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, is also known for designing one of the first wooden box bee hives. Unlike the typical box hive we use today, Wren’s hive was octagonal.
In Wren’s day, beekeepers preferred to use the skep hive, an inverted basket that was fashioned [...]

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GIVEAWAY: Alcestis

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Periods and Places: Not All Created Equal

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By Melissa L.
When a fellow children’s author asked for a book set in ancient Rome and no one could recommend anything suitable, I began to think about periods and places that are underrepresented in historical fiction for kids. A few that immediately come to mind include:

Ancient Rome, Greece, and Persia. (Especially Persia. I don’t think [...]

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Prize Discovery

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