Second City study guide

No eyes will glaze over during the reading of Owen Hurd’s Chicago History for Kids: Triumphs and Tragedies of the Windy City (Chicago Review Press, $14.95)—a fun, fact-filled book that starts with the Ice Age and ends with the Sox winning the World Series. Compact and to-the-point, it’s loaded with clever activities (like building a replica of Fort Dearborn and writing a blues song) for your kids to do as they read along.—Judy Sutton Taylor