Novelist, cultural commentator, memoirist, and historian Eva Hoffman examines our ever-changing perception of time in this inspired addition to the BIG IDEAS/small books series. Time has always been the great given, the element that establishes the governing facts of human fate that cannot be circumvented, deconstructed, or wished away. But these days we are tampering with time in ways that…
KIds will love to cuddle up with this book at bedtime and listen to the sweet adaptation of this famous lullaby. With cozy illustrations and comforting verses, this bedtime companion is sure to lull kids to sleep.
This is the third tale in a series about toddlerhood, as lived by an enchanting baby bear. Two previous titles deal with toilet training and mealtime discipline. This story tackles the problem of getting a lively youngster to go to sleep.
Everyone gets in the bed.
In Book 7 of The Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix meet a young Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone) in Edinborough, Scotland, just as he leaves for a year with his grandfather, an elocutionist, in London. When the twins get separated from Alexander, they join the thousands of orphans in the streets of Victorian London. Maisie becomes an orange seller and Felix a chimney sweep a…