Marvin Olasky | After summer fiction comes fall friction: Many textbooks are boring, so hurrah for authors who have not forgotten the story in history
Four recent picture books reviewed
Three history books critiqued
The pill-popping Nazi Germany invaders of France
Like a sturdy house, stories need proper structure
Four middle-grade novels
Against rule by philosophers and professionals
A moral appraisal of the 20th century’s greatest conflict