Michael Esposito

Jose Rodriguez of Chicago has been named a Commitment to Kids Award winner for his dedication to the YMCA. The awards program, sponsored by the Ford Motor Co., recognizes individuals...

From aardvark to zucchini, the Little Explorers picture dictionary at Enchanted Learning (www.enchantedlearning.com/ Dictionary.html) will help explain more than 1,800 entries in terms youngsters can easily understand. Each entry has...

People in search of a gift for a classical-music-loving youngster may wish to consider the Children's Group's "A Classical Kids Christmas" ($15.98). It is the 10th release in the company's...

Christmas Around the World & Holiday of Light runs through Jan. 6 at the Museum of Science and Industry and features the Robert Lesser Collection of Robots and Space Toys....

Here's a holiday gift that guys can appreciate--a Three Stooges talking bottle opener. Put the opener on the bottle cap and hear Curly order a beer and give his trademark...

One event scheduled to mark the bicentennial of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is an Internet-based engineering contest. Founded March 16, 1802, the academy is home to the...

Since its founding in 1993, the Chicago-based Field Trip Factory has arranged more than 18,000 free field trips for 500,000 kindergarten-through-8th grade children in 43 states. Topics of the trips...

The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St. in Chicago, hosts its annual Mercado Navideno -- a traditional holiday market -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through...

Offering a neat twist on the trading card, Z-Cardz are plastic cards with punch-out pieces that can be assembled into aircraft (including jets, World War II fighters and helicopters), dinosaurs...

Sunday is Veterans Day, a time to remember those who went to war so others might be free--at home and abroad. The holiday received the name Armistice Day in 1926...