What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Thanks for the reading recommendations, everyone. In case you missed it, I am starting an occasional section of this post called (tentatively) “A Reader Recommends.” From yesterday: “If you’ve read a ...

Many of us fondly remember Shel Silverstein as the voice of our childhoods. We were lulled by the amiable content of collections like Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic and The Giving Tree.

Columbus, Ohio : Follett, Foster, & Co. 1860. pp. 162. THE TWO Friends are Messrs. John J. Piatt and W. D. Howells. The readers of the “Atlantic” have already had a taste of the quality of both, and, ...