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When this journalist started collecting strangers’ stories about race, she relied on a trusted intermediary: the United States Postal Service.

The seventh annual winner of the Robin Smith Picture Book Prize, honoring late Calling Caldecott cofounder Robin Smith, is Evergreen, written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell.

FARMINGTON - “You couldn’t help but know Emily.” When Emily Doak Hartung passed away last September, she left behind a legacy of love, joy, and beauty. Emily, who owned and operated The Calico Patch in downtown Farmington for 37 years, was a beloved member of the Farmington community. Emily was a founding member of Devaney

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Here are the places that provided the setting or the inspiration for some well-known stories.

Here are the places that provided the setting or the inspiration for some well-known stories.

Faith: Strive to make the world a more beautiful place

  In Barbara Cooney’s timeless story, “Miss Rumphius,” it tells about a girl named Alice. As a little girl, Alice would sit on her grandfather’s knee and listen to his tales of faraway places. Alice longed to travel the world. She wanted to live in a house by the sea. And Alice daydreamed of what […]

Nestled in Tompkins County, near Ithaca, there is a village of tiny houses which developer Bruno Schickel started constructing in 1996.

As of May, the Treasure Valley is home to half a dozen storybook trails, also called StoryWalks, which give walkers the opportunity to read a book as they proceed along