{"id":52,"date":"2023-04-12T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T21:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefoff.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:23:37","slug":"52-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello there. Recent blog posts are linked at the right. For information about me and my books, check out the other pages of this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rediscovery-adaptation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3217 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rediscovery-adaptation.jpg 250w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rediscovery-adaptation-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rediscovery-adaptation-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Takaki-2nd-ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3218 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Takaki-2nd-ed.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Takaki-2nd-ed-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Takaki-2nd-ed-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming in 2026, my adaptation for young readers of Ned Blackhawk&#8217;s award-winning history <em>The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History.<\/em> Details <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3195\">here.<\/a> Also out soon: a new edition of my adaptation of Ronald Takaki&#8217;s history of multicultural America.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two nonfiction books came out in 2025. <em>The Six, <\/em>a middle-grade version of Loren Grush&#8217;s bestseller about the first US women in space, earned multiple starred reviews. I posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3058\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3126\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3126\">here<\/a>. <em>Super Navigators<\/em>, adapted from a fascinating book by David Barrie, is a beautifully illustrated account of what science tells us about how animals find their way in the world. I posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3141\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3141\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3058\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=3058\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 55%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A FEW EARLIER FAVORITES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/King-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3221\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6714304864552071;width:207px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/King-cover.jpg 235w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/King-cover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/King-cover-101x150.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Origin-of-Species-for-Young-Readers-cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3220 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Origin-of-Species-for-Young-Readers-cover-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Origin-of-Species-for-Young-Readers-cover-1-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Origin-of-Species-for-Young-Readers-cover-1-150x137.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 27%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2009 I had the pleasure and privilege of adapting a landmark book by historian Howard Zinn into <em>A Young People&#8217;s History of the United States. <\/em>This updated second edition was published in 2023. I posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=1278\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-329x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3222 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-329x450.jpg 329w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-1123x1536.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-1497x2048.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover-624x854.jpg 624w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-YPH-Cover.jpg 1771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there. Recent blog posts are linked at the right. For information about me and my books, check out the other pages of this site. Two nonfiction books came out in 2025. The Six, a middle-grade version of Loren Grush&#8217;s bestseller about the first US women in space, earned multiple starred reviews. I posted about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":104,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}