Several months ago, I reviewed my former classmate Ruby Shamir’s children’s book What’s the Big Deal About: First Ladies and interviewed her about her experience working with Hillary Clinton. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/whats-the-big-deal-about-first-ladies-an-interview_us_58607c5ce4b068764965bd46 As the first in the What’s the Big Deal series (the publisher is Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group), First Ladies serves as a teaching tool in schools and is also a book for kids to read at home. With the second in this installment, What’s the Big Deal About: Freedom, one of my twins and I were able to digest everything in a single sitting. Having such an enthusiastic reader certainly helped, but What’s the Big Deal About Freedom definitely captures the attention of children and adults alike. In relation to today’s presidency, we discussed not only this theme but that of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Source: Huffington Post June 05, 2017 15:45 UTC