In a book about her life, Nina Simone wrote that everything that happened to her as a child involved music.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

is about his experiences as a child soldier in Sudan, how he changed and how he wants to make a difference.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

The many traditions of North African music she listened to as a child had a big influence on her.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

In some cases the child takes the mother's surname as a middle name and the father's name as the family name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

(Music: "God Bless The Child") Eartha Kitt lived on the streets and worked in a factory as a young teenager.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

The current version of the law, signed by George W.Bush eight years ago,is known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

She takes a job as a babysitter for a woman and her husband who have adopted a child of mixed race.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Meryl Streep is also nominated for best actress, for her role as the famous cooking expert Julia Child in "Julie and Julia."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

At the festival, Judy Blume read to a group of children from her own favorite book as a child,"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

The researchers say estimating and preventing early deaths in adults is just as important as improving child survival.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

As a child,there was her father. Later there was her father's law partner, and a churchman she met in the city of Philadelphia.

VOA: special.2010.07.18