Little Eddie elephant is excited when his cousins arrive to help him celebrate his birthday. He and his cousin Sam have a surprise that’s sure to win them first prize in the party’s mud castle contest. But Eddie’s fun is... Read More

“Wandering Tattler, Timberdoodle, Teal. Nutcracker, Gnatcatcher, are these real?” the author asks. Only a bird lover would be able to answer this question confidently, but even those whose avian inventories are limited to blue jays... Read More

Here is the answer to the problem of crumbling highways, collapsing bridges, competition between trucks and autos, congested routes, commuter time increases for those who use cars, and the accident deaths of thousands of motorists,... Read More

Serious poets seldom write loud jokes, but the self-mocking disingenuous note of "Little Boat"‘s title poem nicely captures the tact of this collection of occasional poems, many reprinted from The Columbia Poetry Review and The New... Read More

Tens of millions of passenger pigeons would block the sun for days during their southward migrations in the early 1800s. By 1900 not one single passenger pigeon was left in the wild. The very last of them, Martha, died in the Cincinnati... Read More

“There is no genius that is not touched by Madness,” said Seneca as partial explanation — Joseph Epstein has narrowed the focus. Epstein, former editor of the American Scholar for twenty years and a contributor to the New Yorker,... Read More

Translating classic literature into sequential art can be a difficult process. Regardless of the merit of graphic novels, some may still argue that the final product destroys imagination, dumbs down literature, or ruins the author’s... Read More

Beautiful cookies made at home can be as attractive as store-bought, while tasting much better. Beginning with a substantial photo section, these cookies in this book whet the reader’s appetite and suggest ideas. Grouped by themes... Read More