Best known to most parents as the author of timeless children’s books such as The Giving Tree, poet and cartoonist Shel Silverstein was also a songwriter and recording artist—and not only with the Grammy-winning album version of his book Where the Sidewalk Ends. Between 1959 and his death in 1999, Silverstein released more than a dozen records. …
Hundreds of years ago, in southern China, villages celebrated the marriages of two women. These same couples often welcomed young orphaned girls into their homes and raised them as their children. History shows us that in Guangdong, China, same-sex families were once a thriving part of the community. The Golden Orchid Society was a group …
My family is a sideshow. A lot of kids say that, but I mean it. I live with Mom, and so do Polly and Gran. Polly is Gran’s dog. She likes to wear clothes. If we don’t put clothes on Polly, she climbs into the washing and wriggles into our clothes. Even Gran’s undies! Gran …
Best known for their bratty theme song to TV’s Malcolm in the Middle and inventive alt-pop hits such as “Don’t Let’s Start,” Brooklyn’s They Might Be Giants would seem the perfect band to make children’s music. But they came to their new audience slowly after becoming the subject of a 2002 documentary film, Gigantic (A Tale of Two …
