A small shop and a fast-food restaurant called Mel's Dairy Dream have replaced Harper Lee's childhood home.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

It represents the artist's memories of his childhood village and its farmers, cows and buildings.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Many of K'naan's songs are influenced by his childhood in Mogadishu.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Her mother,an actress, was away for much of Lena's childhood.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Another employee, Haris,says he does not feel strongly about Jackson's death, although he loved listening to his music during his childhood.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

In the hours leading up to Gary's official memorial to it's most famous son, a steady stream of visitors took pictures and left mementos at his childhood home.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

It's a memory from childhood or it's eating something that you know you weren't supposed to, but you did it anyway and really enjoyed it.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

That's his motto. He has great advice: 'don't set the kitchen on fire.'" Author Mohammed Naseehu Ali shared childhood memories of his mother's kitchen in Ghana.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

The president's task force on childhood obesity plans to meet with Mr.Obama to deliver its recommendations on the issue.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

And Mecklenburg says many of the things Rockwell sees in Rockwell's pictures remind him of his own childhood in Modesto,California.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Sheila Cline from Harlem said that Michael Jackson's music took her back to her childhood.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

"That does not mean they cannot follow the law." In announcing her nomination, President Obama highlighted Sotomayor's life story as a child of Puerto Rican parents whose childhood years were spent in public housing in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31