Browse Delaware Authors: Doyle, Kathleen Marie

Almost two centuries after the Declaration of Independence affirmed that all men are created equal, the laws of the land - especially those governing America's school system - implied the opposite. Many people are familiar with Brown v. Board of Education, but few people are aware of the powerful role that two extraordinary Delawareans played in that historic decision. Without Louis Redding and Collins Seitz, the Brown decision may have turned out very differently.

Andie Grove must do one more assignment before she graduates from the fifth grade and spends her summer days swimming at Silver Lake. There is only one problem. She is terrified of public speaking. Old Blue loves history and has been the guardian of the Saint Jones River for 400 years. There is only one thing that he fears more than great-horned owls and bald eagles: the destruction of his river. For centuries, Blue's river has taken great care of people and other living beings, always giving them what they needed. Now the river has reached the point where it cannot give anymore. Old Blue believes Andie is the right human to save his river. Together, they travel through history where Andie learns how and why her town of Dover, Delaware, developed along the Saint Jones and how a growing population took advantage of a generous river. Can a ten-year-old girl who is afraid to do a simple speech save Blue's river?

When a young child's grandfather comes to live with him, they become best friends. When Pop Pop gets ill, he tells the child, "My spirit will always be with you." After Pop Pop dies, the child searches everywhere for Pop Pop's spirit and discovers the healing power of happy memories.