Nancy Maes

"Anything goes" could be the motto for the Family Fun Evening called TINY BUBBLES at the Kohl Children's Museum. Children will be able to make bubble wands out of everything...

When Lisa Bany-Winters, the artistic director of Emanon Theater Company, decided to have her ensemble of actors play in "Rapunzel," she had only childhood memories of the magical story about...

`Tuck Everlasting," a book by Natalie Babbitt, tells about a 10-year-old girl named Winnie who finds a secret spring that bestows eternal life and about her encounter with members of...

Children love to play with tiny toys like Matchbox cars, dollhouses and Legos because it helps them to get a handle on the world. So it's not surprising that they...

A sense of enchantment has returned to the Museum of Science and Industry. The wondrous miniature fairy castle, which had been closed for renovation and to assure its conservation, is...

When Nan Zabriskie was doing research to design the costumes for the Chicago Children's Theatre production of "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," which takes place in America during the late...

"The Stinky Cheese Man": The best-selling book "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith, shatters the expectations of how...

It takes a village to raise a child and Barney appears to be a citizen of many of them. His television show "Barney & Friends" is seen in more than...

Children love birthdays and the OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC has one worth celebrating. This year is the school's 40th anniversary, and on Friday night it marks the occasion...

`The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith is a book that irreverently turns favorite fairy tales and nursery rhymes topsy-turvy. When William...