In a bleak world where even thoughts are controlled by the Party, a minor bureaucrat tries to rebel.

Lava flows, waves pound, sands mound, and an island is born, and as it grows, life thrives.

Explains how to design and create a landscape; shows how to build features such as paths, ponds, walls, decks, and watering systems; and describes how to select, plant, and care for flowers, trees, shrubs, ground covers, and lawns.

Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia," watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by.

A selection of thirty-four poems from the Pulitzer Prize winner, including an introduction about her life and work.

"Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know....

When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.