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Julie Andrews poses with baby Emma in November 1962. Andrews began filming <em>Mary Poppins</em> a few months after Emma's birth.

When Mom Is Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews Writes Memoir With Her Daughter

"It was sometimes difficult to share her," Emma Walton Hamilton says of life with her famous mom. Hamilton and Andrews have written 32 books together; their latest is Home Work.

When author Andrea Davis Pinkney decided to write a book about a sit in, her husband Brian Pinkney asked, "How am I going to illustrate this, Andrea? They're just sitting." She told him: "Well, honey ... I'm sure you'll think of something." And he did. The lunch counter in <em>Sit-In</em> "takes on a life of its own," she says: It's a roller coaster, it's a road, it's a character in the story.

The Pinkneys Are A Picture Book Perfect, Author-Illustrator Couple

Author Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrator Brian Pinkney have been together for 30 years and collaborated on nearly 20 books. "It's fun to work with the one you love," Andrea says.

<em>Ghost World'</em>s Enid and Rebecca have no time for earnestness or sincerity — or laughs.

With These Comics, Learn How to Laugh Like It's 1999 (Hint: Don't)

As part of our summerlong tribute to funny books, we take a look back at the ennui-drenched anti-humor of some of the 1990s, when absurdity and surrealism were the rule — laughs not so much.

A general view showing buildings shrouded by polluted air in Seoul on April 12, 2023.

Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

The sun rises above the Atlantic Ocean as waves crash near beachgoers walking along a jetty. Ocean temperatures averaged five degrees warmer around South Florida beginning in July.

As seas get hotter, South Florida gets slammed by an ocean heat wave

A dramatic increase in ocean temperatures around South Florida in early July caught scientists off-guard. They're now rushing to help struggling coral on the only inshore reef in the continental U.S.

Employers are increasing their requirements for in-person work this fall, nudging employees to return to some of their pre-pandemic office routines.

Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

D. Randall Blythe is the lead vocalist of the metal band Lamb of God.

'Dark Days': Retracing The Steps Of A Heavy Metal Tragedy

When a stage diver died after a Lamb of God concert, singer D. Randall Blythe was arrested for manslaughter. In his memoir, Blythe unpacks the incident — and why he returned to Europe to stand trial.

Scott Farm in Dummerston, Vt., grows 100 varieties of apples, including Hubbardston Nonesuch and Cortland, above. You can't perpetuate a variety of apple by planting it from seed: You have to collect cuttings and graft them to root stock.

Keeping Heirloom Apples Alive Is 'Like A Chain Letter' Over Many Centuries

Scott Farm in Vermont grows 100 apple varieties, some of them dating back to the 1700s. These apples may not look as pretty as the Red Delicious, but what they lack in looks they make up for in taste.

Kelly Carlin (center) says her parents, Brenda and George Carlin, could never be accused of hovering over their only child — she says her dad was "the ultimate laissez faire parent."

The Dark Side Of Funny: Growing Up In George Carlin's Shadow

In A Carlin Home Companion, Kelly Carlin reflects on life with her famous comedian (and drug addicted) father. "This book has always felt like unfinished business," she says.

You might not notice their names on their book covers — and sometimes they're not named at all. But ghostwriters don't mind the anonymity.

So You Need A Celebrity Book. Who Ya Gonna Call? Ghostwriters

Nonfiction shelves are full of memoirs by people who can't actually write. They're brought to you by authors who suppress their own ego to write in a famous voice — in exchange for a hefty check.

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