The 1968 classic True Grit is much more than a morality tale
Plus: Religious wars in France, and abolishing the international slave trade
A new movie tells the diarist’s story through the eyes of her best friend
The unlikely rock ’n’ roll star left behind a huge impact on music
From hip-hop to folk-pop, Jamaican to Jewish
Oral storytelling yields emotional, cognitive, and social benefits
Four recent picture books
The emperor has no clothes: illustrated
Letters from our readers
WORLD’s predecessor publication, The Southern Presbyterian Journal, published its first editorial 80 years ago this spring
