never stops, each book is not about a person when they're bored but a moral lesson into me helen kellerthat says i will know no limitation or i will know no bounds, it is absolutely always always being curious, those are my answers, that's who i admire, abraham lincoln is the one, he is the one for me he's the one that lives up to the hype every time in his book he will always choose kindness and speak up for others. >> this is what it says, on the front, the most important part of the book is not what's on front, it's a moral lesson which would benefit in the book, it says i will always speak my mind and speak for others, that is something to aspire for kids and i will tell you in september we are doing i am george washington and there were doing i am james which i'm super excited to do. [applause] it's great, i will say this, and the house of secrets we do a lot of george washington, when we did i am george washington i said in putting the close-up of the kids books, there is no carrier tree, led to the writing given this information, i would put this in their and say this is how geor

i am helen keller when she goes blind the pages of the book go black. this is how i see the world. cover your ears, here is i fear the world. and when she learns to read to put real braille in the kids book. sit fill these dots this is my name my name is helen. it says what is your name on the real braille alphabet is there in the book part i love it helen keller never stopped. each is not about a personal date when it's born but a moral lesson part and to me, helen keller says i will note no limitations or amelia ehrhardt says i have no or albert einstein always, always always be curious, those are my answers that's who i admire. abraham lincoln is the one part he is the one for me. he's one that lives up to the hype every time. his book as i will always choose kindness and i will always speak up for others. >> this is what it says but at on the front, the most important part of the book is not what is on the front. most important is the moral lesson. the front so right on the back pretty speak my mind i speak for others. that is something to aspire to for our kids. i will tell yo

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it is spectacular to be different i and helen keller she goes blind the pages in the book goes black. cover the on - - your ears and then we put real braille into the book. this is my name. my name is helen. what is your name? the real braille alphabet is there in the book. it's not about the date they are born but our moral lesson and she says i have no limitations it is always to be curious that sue i admire and abraham lincoln is the one for me living up to the height on - - the hype every time i will always choose kindness. >> the most important part of the book of the moral lesson i will always speak my mind and speak for others. in september we are doing i am george washington and i am jane goodall. [applause] i'm super excited i will tell you this in the house of secrets we do allied of benedict arnold the george washington i'm putting the cool stuff in the kids books. there is no cherry tree a whole page this is how he uses invisible ink and it 711 letter said we have to i said we totally have to invisible ink that is so cool. i know tell my editor. [laughter] when you get to

and we did helen keller where she -- when she goes blind, the book goes black. we put real braille in the book. my name's helen, what's your name. but this amazing thing happened as donald trump and hillary were fighting it out two years ago, something crazy happened with our book series, and that is two books started selling more than any others. and they were i am george washington, and i am martin luther king jr. and some were two, three years old, but they took off in sales. it wasn't a democrat or republican thing which, you know, we all are tempted to divide everything by these days. but it was parents and grandparents were looking at the tv in that november and seeing every day politicians, and what they wanted to show their kids were leaders. we all know there's a huge difference. and i love that this were fighting back using our books. , and the salessings in the series have taken off from that moment because i think this is a moment in the culture where we're starving for real heroes again. i don't care what side of the aisle you're on. we look around a

by helen keller. it is a time to teach for boston's at risk government. they suffer but established a charity home for boston's poor. so summer in the words come as a time not just for going and ferry rides before serious engagements for significant social issues. and find myself wondering, must be the tenor of our summer reading today. but it still will be summer reading. so with that, i thank you. and i'm going to channel might enter burnett. by calling your attention here. and this is the cover of my book. nineteenth century publishing. it's available online from the university of massachusetts press. i just put the code here from 3e shipping. and your support for the pressure and for the press would be appreciated. i stopped sharing now and we will go to questions. host: so it just refresh everyone's memory, you can either use the function at the bottom of the screen or in the q&a function and with your questions. so we have a couple of questions that are coming. are there any 19th century summer reads that are still read today. donna: that is a quest

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we did helen keller when she goes blind in the book goes black. we put real braille in the book so it's this amazing thing that happened. as donald trump and hilary were fighting it out two years ago as the election in november was approaching something crazy happened with a book series and that is to book started selling more than any others and they were i am george washington and i am martin luther and king junior. summer two, three years old but they took off in sales. it wasn't a democrat or republican thing which we all are attempted to divide everything by these days but was parents and grandparents were looking at the tv in that november and seen every day politicians and what they wanted to show their kids were leaders. we all know there's a huge difference between a politician and a leader and a lovely grandparents and parents around the country were fighting back using our books. the sales of the series have taken off from that moment because this is a moment in the culture where we are starving for real heroes again. i don't care what

many people from across the united states, george bernard shaw, hd wells, helen keller, many people werenvolved in this movement to get the prisoners out. for harding, he had no interest in inheriting this mass. -- mess. he waited a little while, and then he let the matter prison. >> he invited him to the white house. >> that is right. >> and you went? >> yes. what do we know about that meeting? >> neither one of them said anything about it. it was a christmas afternoon meeting, i guess. debs said, harding seems like a very nice man. i believe he said, you know, the president asked me to count on my rhetoric, but i have no intention of doing that. he got back on the train. >> you are looking some -- looking at some rare footage. debs coming out of the white house and speaking to the media after his meeting with the president. he lived until 1926. we have about 10 minutes left. let's get a couple of calls. michigan, james, you are on the air. >> is it ok if i asked to questions? >> go ahead. >> let's move on, please. our time is short. our next call is from charleston, south carolina. >>

many people from across the europe and the united states, george bernard shaw, hg wells, helen keller, many many people were involved in this movement to get the prisoners out. for harding, he had no interest in inheriting this mess. from wilson. in the name of normalcy, he waited a little while and then he let him out of prison. >> he invited him to the white house. >> that is right. and debs went? >> yes. >> what do we know about that meeting? >> neither one of them said anything about it. harding said something like -- i'm so glad to meet you. it was a christmas afternoon meeting, i guess. debs came out and said, harding seems like a very nice man. i believe he said, you know, the president asked me to cut down on my rhetoric, but i have no intention of doing that. he got back on the train. >> you are looking at some rare footage. i don't know that it has been seen before on tv. debs coming out of the white house and speaking to the media after his meeting with the president. he lived until 1926. we have about 10 minutes left. let's get a couple of calls. we will talk more about hi