Richard Thompson

"Cul de Sac chronicles the absurdly wonderful adventures of the Otterloop family. Alice, Petey, Mom, and Dad live in the cookie-cutter suburbs not far from the interstate. Here, and at school, their day-to-day life unfolds with simple joys, tiny infractions, and wonderful moments of gentle bliss. In this specially curated collection for kids, the quirky world of Cul de Sac comes to life for a new audience"--Publisher's web site.

Niños jugando es la segunda entrega de En Las Afueras, un suburbio gris y tedioso donde viven la tremenda Alice Otterloop y su neurótico hermano mayor Petey. Pero nada es aburrido en su mundo, poblado por juegos misteriosos, zombies, viajes familiares y una enloquecida aula de preescolar.

A collection of poems on such important events in the history of the United States as the Pilgrims' landing in Massachusetts, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Seward's Folly, the San Francisco earthquake, and more.

Drawing on work published and shared from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, an anthology presents the best of Irish popular poetry, found in newspapers, heard in pubs, or scribbled down in diaries, and including work by anonymous balladeers as well as famous Irish poets such as W.B. Yeats and Brendan Behan.