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Blades of grass are shooting up from the blackened ground after a brush fire April 4 scorched hundreds of acres at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, a unique grassland ecosystem near Owings Mills.

Check out our comprehensive A-to-Z listings of publishers’ spring offerings for kids and teens, and more, in our Spring Announcements issue.

“Something is waiting to happen, I think. This is just the lull.”

Economists Expect Families To Spend Billions More On School Supplies This Year A few cents here and a few cents there add up quickly when shopping for the family. Economists said back-to-school shoppers might as we get closer to the first day of class.  The National Retail Federation is expecting families to spend more than $37 billion in school supplies in 2021, which is a $3 billion jump from last year.  As of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said consumer prices climbed 5.4% ove...

And gains Greystone Kids Inside in: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten, illus. by Arie Van ‘t Riet, trans. by Laura Watkinson (Oct. 12, $19.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-679-6), provides a look at creatures and their natural habitats using x-ray techniques and photographs. Ages 2–7. How Beautiful by Antonella Capetti, illus. by Melissa Castrillon (Nov. 2, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-853-0). A curious caterpillar searches for the true meaning of the word beautiful. Ages 4–8. Lit...