These poems reach into the throat and down through the bowels to the center of the earth, from where they pull up stones and wind and water, and blood and tears and wonder. They posit eloquently that the most worthwhile element of the... Read More

When Anna learns that her beloved grandfather has died, she wishes for one more day with him. Her wise mother asks, “What would you do in that one day?” Anna replies that they would play checkers, and her little brother, Joey, says... Read More

Pedagogical Permutation: Theories about formal education have existed since Socrates introduced his method and Plato founded his Academy. From these sages to the Latin-Christian ideals of Augustine; the Renaissance thinking of Descartes,... Read More

These three mice are anything but blind. They find a postcard in their humans’ house and borrow it for a while to examine it. The postcard depicts an elegantly dressed lady—the Portrait of Lady Clopton, painted around 1600 by Robert... Read More

Cartoons and puzzles go together naturally. An element of “solving” goes into enjoying a cartoon—there’s a twist to be understood, and when the viewer “gets” it, there’s a rush of pleasure, a burst of laughter. That same... Read More

This lively, lyrical set of an illustrated book and a deck of cards will delight the eyes and instruct the minds of art lovers of all ages, from pre-readers to post-doctorates. The author’s description of the world of the... Read More

Little Leon has a problem. His skin does not properly change color according to his surroundings, like other chameleons. All the others turn green when they sit on a green leaf. Leon turns red instead. In the blue pond, where his friends... Read More

Who was Cleopatra, really? An intellectual stateswoman? An alluring seductress? A living deity? A greedy manipulator? An incestuous hedonist? Cleopatra VII, daughter of the line of Ptolemy, deliberately promoted all these impressions of... Read More