Deals with thought, nature, meditation, the past, language, friendship, renewal, love, failure, travel, and the imagination

Rose is frightened by the strange noises emanating from the apartment upstairs, until she and her mother pay a visit to the noisy young boy who lives there.

Dido, Peter, Lulu, and others exercise their senses--seeing a walking stick, hearing the ice cream man, yelling, 'Daddy!,' and dreaming in their sleep--in a vivid celebration of the many ways children see the world around them.

Small for his age, Wallace always wears a fireman's hat so he won't be lost in a crowd, but when his legs start growing out of proportion to his body, his mother is told by old Nanny Heppleweather that the hat must come off.

A powerful anthology of poetry by the critically acclaimed author of Fire Lyric and Swordfish Tooth takes a close-up look at the subject of divorce, the effects of a failed marriage, and the destruction and reforming a family that follows. (view table of contents)

A powerful anthology of poetry by the critically acclaimed author of Fire Lyric and Swordfish Tooth takes a close-up look at the subject of divorce, the effects of a failed marriage, and the destruction and reforming a family that follows. Reprint.

Tired of living such a boring life and always stuck on a leash, city dweller Albert decides to seize his opportunity to see some of the world by jumping in a taxi that pulls up in front of his door, in an exciting tale about a dog’s grand adventure filled with interesting characters and colorful sights.

Celebrates both familiar and unfamiliar saints, including Francis and Benno, who are known for their special bond with animals and the inspiring tasks they performed.

Product Description: An Enlarged Heart, the exquisitely written prose debut from prize-winning poet Cynthia Zarin, is a poignantly understated exploration of the author’s experiences with love, work, and the surprise of time’s passage. In these intertwined episodes from her New York world and beyond, she charts the shifting and complicated parameters of contemporary life and family in writing that feels nearly fictional in its richness of scene, dialogue, and mood...read more