“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They make the heart bigger.” -Ben Okri
Leanna Archer: Teen CEO
When most kids were still playing with toys, Leanna Archer started her own business called Leanna’s Hair. Archer’s Haitian grandmother would send Leanna’s family homemade …
Reassurance to Shirley after Graduation by Shirley Lu
after DeMulder “After graduation, you will change a hundred times over, like a revolving door, a waterfall.” You will get younger before you get …
I Hear London Weeping by Jerusha Lumley
The day they came, that was the real surprise. To hear it was louder than the popping of birthday balloons. To see it was more horrifying than …
The World Is Your Classroom
Backpacking across Europe. Spending the year after high school graduation encumbered by nothing but a travel-worn pack and a map of exotic places. It’s a …
Daily Germ
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” -A.A. Milne
Sesame Street feat. Zachary Levi: Lovely Sunny Day
The perennially adorable Zachary Levi (aka Flynn Rider) joins Sesame Street characters in an adorably catchy song about ditching the gadgets and going outdoors. I …