story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet Have you ever thought just how young United States of America is in world culture? We didn’t become one country until after the Civil War, and then we were faced with rebuilding a war-torn economy. Our machinery was new and not very well made, and the books we printed were lacking in quality. We continued to depend on England for literature. It has taken a whole century to catch up. We now have a collection of literature that stands on its own. The children’s books of the twentieth century tell America’s story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet w Civil War, and then we were faced with rebuilding a war-torn economy. Our machinery was new and not very well made, and the books we printed were lacking in quality. We continued to depend on England for literature. It has taken a whole century to catch up. We now have a collection of literature that stands on its own. The children’s books of the twentieth century tell America’s story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet ks we printed were lacking in quality. We continued to depend on England for literature. It has taken a whole century to catch up. We now have a collection of literature that stands on its own. The children’s books of the twentieth century tell America’s story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet up. We now have a collection of literature that stands on its own. The children’s books of the twentieth century tell America’s story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet story and help us to appreciate the unique quality of American culture. No other country in the world is anything like us. Yet we represent every other country in the world. We’re a mosaic, each pixel representing a distinct element, and together a single image.

What does it mean to be an American? It starts with the American dream. It continues with a belief that nothing stands in our way. We have the freedom as individuals to go after the dream, whether it’s financial or, as in the case of Dorothy in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” finding the way back home. This aspect of being American hasn’t changed, even though finding t