Nominated by Evy in Minnetonka, Minn. The delicate, distant protagonist of Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye an 11-year-old mocked for her dark skin, a girl who dreams of trading her brown eyes for ...

FOR MANY OF US, growing up in what has come to be called the predominant American culture, life was pretty much as it was presented in our reading books — Dick and Jane, Mom and Dad, Spot and Puff, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook After I was born, my mother bought me timeless editions of her favorite books for me to read. A ...

For most of us, growing up in what has come to be called the predominant American culture, life was pretty much as it was presented in our reading books – Dick and Jane, Mom and Dad, Spot and Puff, ...