Nonfiction Articles for Young Readers
- “Next?” (on cooperative work between tribes-people in Cameroon and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health). FACES, March 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“Time for a Checkup,” Volume 23, Number 7)
- “Knock Knock” (on the philosophy of identity). ODYSSEY, October 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“Tagged: Identity Theft,” Volume 16, Number 7)
- “Trials and Terrors” (on an archeological experiment in Bolivia). DIG, October 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“A Day in the Life of an Archaeologist,” Volume 9, Number 8). DIG also bought my photographs for this article.
- “Projection Maps” (on how projection maps are designed). CALLIOPE, November 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“Where in the World,” Volume 18, Number 3)
- “The Mother City” (on Caral, a site in Peru of what might be the first city in the Americas). DIG, November/December 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“America’s First Cities,” Volume 9, Number 9)
- “Calling the Constitution’s Bluff” (on problems with the U.S. Constitution) with Sanford Levinson. COBBLESTONE, December 2007 © Carus Publishing Company (“Our Constitution: The Road to a More Perfect Union,” Volume 28, Number 9)
- “Vida Portuguesa em Massachusetts” (on Portuguese culture in Massachusetts). FACES, January 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Portugal: Exploring a New World,” Volume 24, Number 5)
- “Map That Myth” (on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey). APPLESEEDS, March 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“What a Story!” Volume 10, Number 7)
- “The Capital of Irish America” (on Irish culture in Boston). FACES, March 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Ireland’s Fresh Face,” Volume 24, Number 7)
- “We Shall Overcome” (on music in the civil rights period) and “A Peaceful Force” (on Mahatma Gandhi). COBBLESTONE, April 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Get on the Bus!” Volume 29, Number 4)
- “The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Awful” (on judging worldwide websites). APPLESEEDS, April 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Ins and Outs of the Internet,” Volume 10, Number 8).
- “Lauterbrunnen: Valley of Waterfalls and Lace” (on Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland). FACES, October 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Switzerland: The World Takes Note,” Volume 25, Number 2)
- “Glass Houses and Other ‘Impossible Structures” (on glass buildings). ODYSSEY, December 2008 © Carus Publishing Company (“Glass Works,” Volume 17, Number 9). ODYSSEY also bought my photographs for this article.
- “Mark Twain’s New-fangled Machines” (on Mark Twain’s interest in technology). COBBLESTONE, June 2009 © Carus Publishing Company (“Twain’s World,” Volume 30, Number 5)
- “Moko!” (on Maori tattoos). DIG, July/August 2009 © Carus Publishing Company (“Tattoos: Marks with Meaning,” Volume 11, Number 6)
- “The Anne Frank House” (for an issue on The Netherlands). FACES, September 2009 © Carus Publishing Company (“The Netherlands,” Volume 26, Number 1)
- “Make More Noise” (for an issue on peacekeeping). FACES, November/December 2010 © Carus Publishing Company (“Peace: Making Our World a Better Place,” Volume 27, Number 3)
- “Now What?” (on government responses to pandemics). COBBLESTONE, September 2010 © Carus Publishing Company (“Deadly Diseases,” Volume 31, Number 7)
- “William Kamkwamba’s Electric Wind” (on a boy who brought electricity to his village in Malawi). FACES, October 2011 © Carus Publishing Company (“31 Kids Doing Amazing Things,” Volume 28, Number 2)
- “The Emerald Necklace” (on Frederick Law Olmsted’s chain of parks in Boston) and “Fairsted” (on his home). COBBLESTONE, July/August 2012 © Carus Publishing Company (“Keeping It Green: Frederick Law Olmsted,” Volume 33, Number 6)
- “Oh, Freedom!” (on music at the March on Washington). COBBLESTONE, February 2013 © Carus Publishing Company (“March on Washington,” Volume 34, Number 2)
- “Why the Children of Birmingham Marched” (Author and Guest Editor for an issue on the 1963 Children’s March). APPLESEEDS, October 2013 © Carus Publishing Company (“Kids Fight for Civil Rights,”)
