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The Adventures of Plimoth Plantation

The Adventures of Plimoth Plantation As Told by the Mayflower Mouse

In Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving in 2021! 

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Parents, Our First and Lasting Teachers

A rich resource of more than 100 easy, timeless ideas on building strong families, developing the academics, supporting the schools, and more.
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In Search of the Great English Writers: An Imaginary Journey Back in Time with Intrepid Reporter Nellie Bly

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In Search of the Great American Writers: An Imaginary Journey Back in Time with Intrepid Reporter Nellie Bly

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John Adams: The Voice Heard 'Round the World

"This is an important work! It's a great story; I love it!"

Jean Fritz, award-winning children's author
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David McCullough & Hannah Carlson


Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough narrates Boston Landmarks Orchestra recording, “John Adams: The Voice Heard ‘Round the World” CD accompanies richly-illustrated children’s book. See more...

 

 

American Genius: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The life story of Longfellow is full of drama, romance, and tragedy.

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Yankee Doodle’s Pen: Wheatley, Washington, and Longfellow

Step back in time and discover what a slave, a general, and a poet have in common.

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“Her children arise up and call her blessed . .”

“Men are what their mothers make them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Men are what their mothers make them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mothers have been celebrated in verse, prose, and song for thousands of years. Yet deep feelings for a dear mother are often hard to speak or write about.
Thanks to Anna Jarvis of West Virginia, people in countries around the world have this day in May to wrap up tributes, however simple, and deliver them to that special mother. In a desire to fulfill her own mother’s hope that “sometime, somewhere, someone will found a Mother’s Day,” Mrs. Jarvis quit her job, wrote letters, and campaigned for such a celebration.
Ever since May 9, 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation, families have gathered on the second Sunday in May. From Belgium and Denmark to America and Australia, homemade cards and meals, spring bouquets, or special treasures honor mothers.
As we prepare for this Mother’s Day, here are some tributes to mothers from some famous sources to consider:

“All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Attributed to Abraham Lincoln

“Men are what their mothers made them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Of my mother I cannot speak as I would, for memory recalls qualities to which the pen can never do justice.” – Mary Baker Eddy

“According to my method of thinking, and that of many others, not woman but the mother is the most precious possession of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother.” – Ellen Key

“…what DO girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles?” – Louisa May Alcott

“…mothers of the human race, the most important actors in the grand drama of human progress …” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Ah, lucky girls who grow up in the shelter of a mother’s love — a mother who knows how to contrive opportunities without conceding favors, how to take advantage of propinquity without allowing appetite to be dulled by habit.” – Edith Wharton

“A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“The best academy, a mother’s knee.” – James Russell Lowell

“For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” – William Ross Wallace

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed …” – Proverbs 31:28

And from some not so famous sources:

“You mean everything good to me.” – Julie, age 7

“I don’t love my mother just because she’s nice. I’d love her even if she were mean. I love her because she loves me.” – Siobhan, age 8

“My mom is always involved in so many things that I get to meet lots of new people. She always knows what I’m doing. We always need two more hours in a day to do things. We work together, on homework, on my bike.” – David, age 10

“Mother takes care of me and buys me things I like. She’s the best mother I’ve ever had!” – Tracy, age 7

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