For easy reference, Web sites mentioned are hyperlinked here as well as within the text of the column. Home Pages for Kids CIA Spymasters Appealing to Children by Kitty Williams Children love spies and mysteries.
Most grownups love spies, too.
My mother's work for the Office of Strategic Services in London during the Second World War still held a certain allure 50 years later. It sounded so brave and glamorous. Her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews would try to get her to talk about it. She seldom did. Other Women of the OSS were less reticent.