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Insight Kids Presents A SMILE FOR SASQUATCH An Original Prologue to the Animated Film Missing Link
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
Meet Sasquatch, a charming yet isolated fellow who discovers how the joy and power of words can bring him companionship and set him on course for an extraordinary adventure!
New Book Chronicles Story of Former Slave and Owner
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
Countless lives were transformed by the war that split the nation, and many stories are still being uncovered that tell how the Civil War and the Reconstruction era affected Kentuckians. One such narrative is that of Sandy Holt, who, in the summer of 1864, joined tens of thousands of former slaves and enlisted in the United States Colored Troops. He put his life on the line to secure the Union's survival and the end of slavery. Hundreds of miles away in a federal office, Sandy Holt's former owner, Joseph Holt, worked to achieve the same goals. No one could have predicted before the Civil War that these two very different but interconnected Kentuckians would be crucial participants in the Union war effort. Joseph Holt's radical transformation and the contributions of black Kentuckians in the United States Colored Troops have long been underestimated.

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