Knowing our history is part of being a citizen. In AMERICA’S FOUNDING MYTHS … AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! (Barefoot Books, 40 pp., $19.99, ages 8 to 12), Christy Mihaly considers 15 legends that young readers may have already encountered.
Read all about it in this Sunday's New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/books/review/america-250-childrens-picture-books.html?smid=url-share
Our resident former environmental lawyer and writer Christy Mihaly has written 40 non-fiction titles for children. In the forthcoming America’s Founding Myths... and What Really Happened (Barefoot, May, ages 8 and up), she cross-examines oft-told stories of the nation’s history. Just in time for you-know-what!