Route 66 is one of the most famous roads in American history, stretching nearly 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. But what makes the Mother Road so fascinating isn’t just the road itself. It’s the people, the roadside attractions, the restaurants, the artists,...
A St. Louis woman who works for a non-profit that aids rural communities has written a book that celebrates “Small Town Missouri,” in fact, that is part of the title. Marshall Griffin speaks with Caitlin Yager about “Small Town Missouri: Legends, Lore, and...
For the past 10 years, Columbia’s Unbound Book Festival has brought famous and up-and-coming authors to Missouri so that readers and other writers can meet and learn. It is all FREE. Co-director Kerry Townsend talks with Ashley Byrd about this year’s...
Missouri Weird and Wonderful is a fast-paced, fact-filled collection of the most fascinating parts of life in our state, with a kid’s-eye point of view. Author Amanda E. Doyle and illustrator Dan Zettwoch scoured the state, from border to border, to find these nuggets...
Journey Through the Advent Calendar is a fun, new book for the middle school and young adult age range. Cameron Conner spoke with the author of the book Rachel Browdy about the adventurous tale a fourteen-year-old boy embarks on just when he thought his life was...
