Between Jessica Warman It’s Liz’s eighteenth birthday, and it seems that life couldn’t get much better. She had a party with her closest friends, her stepsister, and her super cute boyfriend out on her family’s boat, complete with cocktails and birthday cake. But then, before anyone else is awake, she […]
By Ken Montanye On this day 65 years ago, Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager broke the sound barrier. Yeager’s claim to fame was his historic flight, being the first pilot to break the sound barrier. Yeager achieved this by flying his Bell X-1 rocket powered aircraft #46-062 at Mach 1.06 (807.2 […]
Children’s book reviews by Pierre Rosen of the Oakland Public Library Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco For parents looking for a non-traditional Halloween book with a message of tolerance and a smattering of traditional Russian culture and folklore, Patricia Polacco’s, Babushka Baba Yaga is a treat. The book is […]
